Conditions Treated
The Penn Center for Peripheral Nerve Disorders evaluates and treats patients with a variety of lesions of the peripheral nervous system, including nerve tumors, entrapments and injuries. A multidisciplinary team provides expert medical and surgical care for the following conditions:
- Brachial plexus injuries
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cubital tunnel syndrome (ulnar nerve entrapment neuropathy)
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- Nerve sheath tumors
- Schwannomas
- Neurofibromas
- Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (neurofibrosarcomas)
- Common peroneal nerve entrapment
- Radial tunnel syndrome (PIN palsy)
- Meralgia paresthetica
- Piriformis syndrome
- Tarsal tunnel syndrome
- Nerve lacerations
- Nerve stretch injuries/contusions
- Occipital neuralgia
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Hemifacial spasm
