Table of Contents

Part One Peripheral Nerve Entrapments – General Principles.- Chapter 1 Epidemiology and Pathophysiology.- Chapter 2 History and Physical Exam.- Chapter 3 Consequences of Peripheral Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 4 Pharmacological Treatment of Painful Nerve Entrapment Syndrome.- Chapter 5 Non-Pharmacologic Treatment of Peripheral Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 6 Diagnostic Evaluation.- Chapter 7 Peripheral Nerve Entrapment- Injection Techniques.- Chapter 8 Neurolytic Techniques.- Chapter 9 Neuromodulation for Treatment of Nerve Entrapment Syndromes.- Chapter 10 Surgical Treatment of Nerve Entrapment Syndromes.- Chapter 11 The Why and What of Integrative Pain Medicine.- Chapter 12 Peripheral Nerve Blocks in Palliative Care for Cancer Patients.- Chapter 13 Complications of Nerve Entrapment Injection.- Part Two Headache.- Chapter 14 Supraorbital Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 15 Auriculotemporal Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 16 Great Auricular / Posterior Auricular Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 17 Greater Occipital Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 18 Lesser Occipital Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 19 Third Occipital Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 20 Suboccipital Neuralgia and Decompression.- Part Three Facial and Cervical Nerve Entrapments.- Chapter 21 Supraorbital Nerve Entrapment – Face.- Chapter 22 Infraorbital Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 23 Maxillary Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 24 Mandibular Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 25 Mental Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 26 Glossopharyngeal Nerve Entrapment.- Part Four Chest Wall Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Syndromes.- Chapter 27 Spinal Accessory Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 28 Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment – Shoulder and Chest Wall.- Chapter 29 Intercostal Nerve Entrapment – Chest Wall.- Chapter 30 Long Thoracic Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 31 Axillary Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 32 Dorsal Scapular Nerve Entrapment.- Part Five Upper Extremity Peripheral Nerve Entrapments.- Chapter 33 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (Neurogenic).- Chapter 34 Suprascapular Nerve Entrapment– Upper Extremity.- Chapter 35 Deep Branch of the Radial Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 36 Superficial Radial Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 37 Median Nerve Entrapments.- Chapter 38 Ulnar Nerve Entrapment.- Part Six Abdominal Wall Pain.- Chapter 39 Intercostal Nerve Entrapment – Abdomen.- Chapter 40 Ilioinguinal and Iliohypogastric Nerve Entrapment - Abdomen.- Chapter 41 Genitofemoral Nerve Entrapment – Abdominal.- Chapter 42 Abdominal Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment Syndrome.- Chapter 43 Lumbar Plexus Entrapment – Abdomen.- Part Seven Pelvic Pain.- Chapter 44 Ilioinguinal Nerve Entrapment – Pelvic.- Chapter 45 Genitofemoral Nerve Entrapment – Pelvic.- Chapter 46 Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment - Pelvic.- Chapter 47 Pudendal Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 48 Obturator Nerve Entrapment - Pelvic.- Chapter 49 Lumbar Plexus Entrapment – Pelvic.- Chapter 50 Inferior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment – Pelvis.- Part Eight Low Back Pain.- Chapter 51 Superior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 52 InferiorCluneal Nerve Entrapment – Low Back.- Chapter 53 Superior Gluteal Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 54 Inferior Gluteal Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 55 Proximal Sciatic Nerve Entrapment – Low Back.- Chapter 56 Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment – Low Back.- Part Nine Lower Extremity.- Chapter 57 Femoral Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 58 Proximal Saphenous Nerve Entrapment – Thigh and Knee.- Chapter 59 Distal Saphenous Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 60 Genitofemoral Nerve Entrapment – Lower Extremity.- Chapter 61 Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 62 Posterior Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment – Pelvic.- Chapter 63 Inferior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment – Lower Extremity.- Chapter 64 Obturator Nerve Entrapment – Lower Extremity.- Chapter 65 Proximal Sciatic Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 66 Lumbar Plexus Entrapment – Lower Extremity.- Chapter 67 Common Peroneal Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 68 Superficial Peroneal Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 69 Deep Peroneal Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 70 Interdigital Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 71 Sural Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 72 Lateral Sural Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 73 Tibial Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 74 Lateral Plantar Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 75 Medial Plantar Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 76 Inferior Calcaneal Nerve Entrapment.- Chapter 77 Medial Calcaneal Nerve Entrapment.

About the Author

Andrea M. Trescot, MD 
Medical Director - Pain and Headache Center
Anchorage, AK, USA 

Dr. Trescot is currently the Chair of the Education Committee of the World Institute of Pain. After 15 years of private practice, she joined academics as a professor and served as the Director of the pain fellowship programs for the University of Washington and the University of Florida/VA Pain Center, before she returned to private practice. She was President of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) from June 2007 to June 2008.  She coauthored the book Pain-Wise: A Patient’s Guide to Pain Management (Hatherleigh Press, 2011), and co-edited the 3 volumes of Pain Medicine & Interventional Pain Management – A Comprehensive Review (American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians Publishing, 2011).