title: [Structure of diseases of the peripheral nervous system].
abstract: The structure of peripheral nervous system diseases is reviewed by analyzing 941 in- and outpatient case histories. Of this number, 57.34% of the patients had radicular syndromes, 16.17%, acute injuries of nerves and plexuses, and 22.66%, tunnel and other compression syndromes. Cases of polyneuropathy and other disorders accounted for only 3.83%. A total of 21.46 cases with nontraumatic mechanical damage to nerves are analyzed in detail. In 87.88%, these syndromes involved upper and in 12.12% lower extremities. Syndromes of the carpal canal (43.01%), ulnar canal (14.72%), cervical neurovascular compression (12.95%), and tarsal canal (5.08%) occurred most frequently. A wide variety of other syndromes made up only 24.24% of all compression syndromes.
mesh_terms: D004957:Estonia; D006801:Humans; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011843:Radiculopathy / Q000453:epidemiology; D013577:Syndrome
vernacular_title: O strukture zabolevaniĭ perifericheskoĭ nervnoĭ sistemy.