title: The significance of longitudinal excursion in peripheral nerves.
abstract: It has been shown that nerves do, in fact, have a longitudinal excursion. This excursion is accentuated during adjacent joint motion. It is important for the surgeon treating nerve injuries, compression lesions, and adherent nerves to realize that the restoration of the longitudinal excursion of the peripheral nerves must be accomplished in order to effectively treat the inciting lesion.
mesh_terms: D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009068:Movement; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000473:pathology; D009443:Neuritis / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000502:physiology* / Q000601:surgery; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery