Atlas of Cutaneous Branch Territories for the Diagnosis of Neuropathic Pain

Description:

This atlas is the result of research involving over 3,000 patients consecutively recruited since 2004. Clinical practice gives the opportunity to observe many more Aβ axonal lesions (axonotmesis) than transections (neurotmesis), consequently the mapped hypo aesthetic territories are partial. Therefore, the authors define for each cutaneous nerve branch, the autonomous territory and the boundary markers of the largest territory of cutaneous origin. Each anatomical chart of a cutaneous branch is the superposition of tens, even hundreds of observations seen in clinical practice – based on 3,133 maps of observed cutaneous hypoaesthetic territories. The data collected has also been cross-referenced with that published in nearly 100 other anatomy books. This 1st English edition – based on the 3rd French edition published by Sauramps Medical – illustrates the usefulness of anatomical knowledge for clinical practice. More precisely, it seeks to demonstrate how these topographic elements can offer valuable support, both for the clinical anamnesis, and for the clinical examination of neuropathic pain patients. This atlas is at the crossroads between the medical and rehabilitation disciplines. Accordingly, it addresses the needs of medical doctors, from GPs to specialists, and of pain therapists, and offers a valuable asset for all health professionals who are dedicated to the management of pain and associated problems.

Table of contents:

1.    Contents

2.    Foreword to The First Edition in English

3.    Why Is This So?

4.    Foreword to the Second Edition (2013)

5.    Glossary

6.    Acknowledgements

7.    Part I

8.    Introduction

9.    LargestG Territory of Cutaneous Origin

10.  From Symptomatology to Neuropathic Semiology

11.  From the Skin to the Brain

12.  Patients and Methods, Tutorial

13.  Patients

14.  Methods

15.  The Cardinal Point: Topographic Element

16.  The Arrow

17.  The Triangle

18.  How to Read the Anatomical Plates

19.  Part II

20.  Trigeminal domain

21.  Ophthalmic nerve, division of trigeminal nerve [V1]

22.  Maxillary nerve, division of trigeminal nerve [V2]

23.  Mandibular nerve, division of trigeminal nerve [V3]

24.  Occipital domain

25.  Greater occipital nerve

26.  Great auricular nerve

27.  Autonomous territories of cutaneous origin

28.  Cervical domain

29.  Transverse cervical nerve

30.  Autonomous territories of cutaneous origin

31.  Brachial domain

32.  Superficial branch of radial nerve

33.  Posterior cutaneous nerve of forearm

34.  Posterior cutaneous nerve of arm

35.  Inferior lateral cutaneous nerve of arm

36.  Superior lateral cutaneous nerve of arm

37.  Common and proper palmar, and dorsal,digital nerves of median nerve

38.  Palmar branch of median nerve

39.  Lateral cutaneous nerve of forearm

40.  Common and proper palmar*, and dorsal,digital nerves of ulnar nerve

41.  Palmar branch of ulnar nerve

42.  Dorsal branch of ulnar nerve

43.  Posterior branch of medial cutaneous nerve of forearm

44.  Anterior branch of medial cutaneous nerve of forearm

45.  Medial cutaneous nerve of arm

46.  Intercostobrachial nerve

47.  Posterior-intercostal domain

48.  In summary

49.  Autonomous territories of cutaneous origin

50.  Lumbo-abdominal domain

51.  Iliohypogastric nerve

52.  Abdominal cutaneous branch of ilio-inguinal nerve

53.  Anterior labial nerves ♀/ anterior scrotal nerves ♂

54.  Lumbo-femoral domain

55.  Lateral cutaneous nerve of thigh

56.  Femoral branch of genitofemoral nerve

57.  Genital branch of genitofemoral nerve

58.  Femoral domain

59.  Terminal branch of saphenous nerve

60.  Medial cutaneous nerves of leg

61.  Infrapatellar branch of saphenous nerve

62.  Medial cutaneous nerve of thigh

63.  Anterior cutaneous branches of femoral nerve

64.  Sciatic domain

65.  Superficial peroneal nerve

66.  Deep peroneal nerve

67.  Lateral sural cutaneous nerve

68.  Medial plantar nerve

69.  Lateral plantar nerve

70.  Medial calcaneal branches

71.  Lateral dorsal cutaneous branch of sural nerve

72.  Lateral calcaneal branches of sural nerve

73.  Medial terminal branch of superficial peroneal nerve

74.  Intermediate terminal branch of superficial peroneal nerve

75.  Intermediate terminal branch of superficial peroneal nerve

76.  Lateral terminal branch of superficial peroneal nerve

77.  Lateral terminal branch of superficial peroneal nerve

78.  Sacral domain

79.  Posterior cutaneous nerve of thigh

80.  Inferior clunial nerves

81.  Anococcygeal nerve, branch of coccygeal plexus

82.  Autonomous territories of cutaneous origin

83.  Part III

84.  Index of Anatomical Plates

85.  Trigeminal Domain

86.  Occipital Domain

87.  Cervical Domain

88.  Brachial Domain

89.  Posterior-intercostal Domain

90.  Lumbo-abdominal Domain

91.  Lumbo-femoral Domain

92.  Femoral Domain

93.  Sciatic Domain

94.  Sacral Domain

95.  Index of Tables

96.  References

97.  To learn more:

98.  Part IV

99.  Appendix I: Aesthesiography

100.               Aim of Aesthesiography

101.               Materials

102.               Choice of Aesthesiometer by the Somatosensory Therapist of Pain

103.               Description of the Procedure

104.               Explanation to the Patient

105.               Position

106.               Type of Stimulation

107.               Location

108.               Testing

109.               Result

110.               Appendix II: NOT Dermatomes

111.               Appendix III: Digital Nerves of the Hand

112.               About the Authors