HIGH MEDIAN NERVE ENTRAPMENTS - AN OBSCURE CAUSE OF UPPER-EXTREMITY PAIN

High median nerve entrapment is an uncommon but important cause of med ian nerve compression. With carpal tunnel syndrome occasionally being overdiagnosed or misdiagnosed, the proximal entrapment syndromes are i ncreasingly being found to be a cause of the painful upper extremity. The appropriate identification of this elusive diagnosis, along with t he proper treatment, will help many patients and decrease unnecessary surgery.