MOTOR regeneration of the median nerve after transection and repair of the median nerve at the wrist occurs in only about 5 per cent of cases. The thumb is incapable of abduction and opposition with ...

TURIN (Reuters) - A man may regain the use of his hand, left paralysed by a severe road accident, thanks to a pioneering nerve transfer operation from his partly amputated leg, doctors in northern ...

(CBS News) Doctors have successfully restored partial hand function to a quadriplegic patient, providing hope for many others who have lost the function of their arms and legs. The case study was ...

Learn the essentials of cranial nerve examination, involving systematic assessment of each nerve to identify abnormalities relating to neurological pathologies. Abstract Cranial nerve examination ...

LOS ANGELES — There are at least two situations in which nerve fiber layer analysis can supply significant information necessary for the diagnosis of glaucoma, according to Joseph Caprioli, MD, of the ...

Claw hand deformity is a condition where your fingers are bent into a position that looks like a claw. It may affect all of your fingers or only some of them. The cause is usually related to damage to ...

Ulnar nerve entrapment is an injury to a nerve that runs through the arm into the fingers on the outside of the hand. It commonly occurs at or near the elbow. While ulnar nerve entrapment is usually ...