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Upper Extremity Neuropathy: CTS and BeyondSteven A. Day, MDProvidence Neurological Specialties
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Median Neuropathy
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
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CTS
•Median nerve entrapment at the wrist
•The most common focal neuropathy
•F:M 3:1
•Peak age: 40-60
•>70 y/o: F=M
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CTS: Hx
•Insidious onset/slowly progressive
•Tingling
•Pain
•Numbness
•“Swollen”
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CTS: Hx
•Provocation of sx• Sleep due to wrist flexion• Hand use
•Dominant > non-dominant hand•Distribution
• Digits 1-4• Note: Many c/o whole hand or arm
involvement
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Median Nerve sensory impairment: CTS
Aids to the examination of the peripheral nervous system, 4th edition 2000
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CTS: Pathophysiology
• Increased pressure within carpal tunnel leading to a progression of:– hypoperfusion– ischemia– demyelination– axon loss
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CTS: Risk Factors 1
• Reduced Tunnel space– Wrist structure: shallow, narrow wrists– RA: synovial thickening and osteophytes– OA: osteophytes– Ganglia– Trauma: fracture, hematoma
• Diabetes: Microangiopathic ischemia• Hypothyroidism: myxedema
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CTS: Risk Factors 2
• Pregnancy: esp 3rd trimester (edema)
• Hemodialysis: beta-2-microglobulin
• Obesity• Metabolic syndrome
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CTS: Risk Factors 3
• Activities:– Manual labor– Hand held vibratory tools– Other work or recreational activities with
repeated flexion/extension esp with gripping
– Sports (wt lifting, football, golf) – Chronic wheelchair use
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CTS: Risk Factors 4
• Note: the balance of evidence does not support keyboarding/computer work as a significant risk factor
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CTS: Exam
• Inspection– Thenar eminence atrophy
• Sensory– Light touch: cotton or your fingers– Pin prick at volar vs dorsal surfaces of fingers
and palm• Motor
– Abductor pollicis brevis• Palm flat; thumb abducted at 90 degrees
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CTS: Exam
• Provocative maneuvers– Tinel’s sign: paresthesias with percussion
over nerve at wrist– Phalen’s or Reverse Phalen’s Tests– Carpal compression test: pressure over
the tunnel with both thumbs
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CTS: EMG/NCS
• Sensitivity: > 85%• Specificity: > 95%• Purpose
– Confirm dx– Determine severity for treatment planning
including pre-surgical prognosis• Limitation
– Only abnormal when there has been nerve damage
– Patient discomfort
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CTS
• EMG will be normal in a patient with episodic hypoperfusion who has not progressed to ischemia/demyelination/axon loss
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CTS: Treatment
• Treat underlying medical condition• Avoidance of precipitating activities• Wrist splints
– Nocturnal only vs day/night
• NSAIDs: brief benefit• Oral steroids x 1 month: temporary benefit• Gabapentin• OT
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CTS Treatment: Steroid Injections
• Effective in reducing symptoms• Temporary benefit• Role:
– Delay surgery– Non surgical candidates
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CTS Treatment: Surgical Decompression 1• Open• Endoscopic
– Reduced post op pain– ? More rapid recovery
• Equally effective• 75% success (range 27%-100%)
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CTS Treatment: Surgical Decompression 2• Surgical “failures”:
– Wrong diagnosis– Normal EMG/NCS– Incomplete release– End-stage CTS: no salvageable nerve– Coexistent systemic illness (diabetes, RA)
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Proximal Median Neuropathies
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Proximal Median Neuropathy•More likely to be acute: Often a hx of specific trauma or compression
•Broader distribution of weakness•Forearm pronation•Wrist and finger flexion• “Orator’s hand”• “Circle sign”
•Sensory: lateral fingers and palm
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Median Nerve sensory impairment: arm lesion
Aids to the examination of the peripheral nervous system, 4th edition 2000
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Median: Axillary and Upper Arm
•Crutch compression•Anterior shoulder dislocation•Humerus fracture•Stab wounds•Hematoma•Dialysis fistulas•Sleep palsy
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Median: Elbow/Forearm •Elbow fracture, dislocation, and reduction•Supracondylar Spur and Ligament•Trauma•Iatrogenic:
•Brachial artery catheterization•Venipuncture
•Pronator Teres hypertrophy/overuse•Fractures of radius or ulna
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Supracondylar anatomyFocal Peripheral Neuropathies, 4th Ed. 2010
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Ulnar Neuropathy
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Ulnar Neuropathy at the Elbow (UNE)
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Ulnar Neuropathy at Elbow
• Nerve compression or injury at medial epicondyle or just distal in the cubital tunnel
• M:F approx 2:1
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Ulnar groove and cubital
tunnelFocal Peripheral Neuropathies, 4th Ed. 2010
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UNE: Etiology 1• Bony Deformity
– RA, OA– Congenitial: valgus deformity or shallow groove– Old fracture
• Trauma– Fracture– Dislocation– Soft tissue injury
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UNE: Etiology 2
• External pressure: Single or multiple episodes• Leaning on elbow at desk or driving• Perioperative• Critical illness/ICU/prolonged hospitalization
• Repetitive or prolonged elbow flexion• Causes compression in cubital tunnel• Sleep: can mimic CTS hx• Nerve prolapse over medial epicondyle
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UNE: Etiology 3
• Compression in cubital tunnel (FCU aponeurosis fibrosis)
• Others– Diabetes mellitus– Synovial cysts (in RA)– Tumor/mass– Fibrous band– Leprosy
• Idiopathic
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UNE: Hx
• Sensory sx in ulnar hand/fingers• Caveat: Pain often more diffuse/non localized• Aching at elbow• Sensory sx wake from sleep or worse with arm
use• Hand/grip weakness
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UNE: Sensory Exam
• Modalities– Pinprick– Light touch with examiner’s fingers or cotton
• Distribution– Anatomically medial hand– Digit 5– Digit 4: medial aspect– No sensory loss proximal to the wrist crease
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UNE: Sensory Exam
• Tinel’s sign: paresthesias in medial hand with tapping of ulnar nerve at the elbow– Not sensitive– Not specific– Useful if negative on asymptomatic side
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Ulnar neuropathy at elbow sensory distributionAids to the examination of the peripheral nervous system, 4th edition 2000
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UNE: Motor Exam• Inspect hand intrinsic muscles
– First dorsal interosseus (FDI)– Abductor digiti minimi (ADM)– Compare to median innervated APB
• Focused Strength exam– Hand intrinsic muscles (ulnar vs median)– Wrist flexor with medial deviation (ulnar FCU)– Compare to wrist and/or finger extensors (Radial n)– Triceps (Radial n)
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Ulnar intrinsic muscle atrophyFocal Peripheral Neuropathies, 4th Ed. 2010
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UNE: Other
• Evaluate for ulnar nerve prolapse– Palpate nerve in the condylar groove with arm
straight– Slowly flex elbow while palpating and note any
shifting of the nerve over the medial epicondyle
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UNE: EMG/NCS
• Goals:– Confirm ulnar neuropathy– Exclude radiculopathy– Localize lesion– Determine severity
• Sensitivity: 37-86%• Specificity: > 95%
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UNE: MRI
• Eval for osteophytes, lipomas, ganglia• Increased T2 signal in ulnar nerve• Enlargement of ulnar nerve
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UNE: Management
• Natural history: Imperfect data– Reports that 30-90% have improvement or complete
recovery with non-surgical management
• In general surgical intervention is less successful than in CTS
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UNE: Non-surgical
• Patient education• Ergonomics• Goals
– Avoid pressure on elbow– Avoid prolonged elbow flexion
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UNE: Non-surgical
• Ulnar nerve elbow pad– Soft sports elbow pad– Orthotics company– OT fabricated– Day use: padding over ulnar groove– Night use depends on sleep position
–Padding over ulnar groove–padding reversed to prevent elbow flexion
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Ulnar nerve elbow pad 1Focal Peripheral Neuropathies, 4th Ed. 2010
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Ulnar nerve elbow pad 2
Focal Peripheral Neuropathies, 4th Ed. 2010
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UNE: Non-surgical
• OT if hand weakness• No clear utility of steroid injections
• Non-surgical mgt first• Follow closely every 1-2 months• MRI if decline• Surgical exploration if significant progression
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UNE: Surgical1. Cubital tunnel decompression
– Slitting the flexor carpi ulnaris aponeurosis– Choice for “idiopathic”
2. Anterior transposition– Nerve relocated to anterior elbow surface– For nerve prolapse
3. Medial epicondylectomy– Removal of the bony prominence over which the nerve stretches with
elbow flexion– For nerve prolapse
4. Other: remove mass or bony abnormality
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Ulnar Neuropathy: Axilla and Upper Arm
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Ulnar Neuropathy: Proximal•Uncommon•External compression
• Crutches• Sleep/intoxication/coma
•Anterior shoulder dislocation•Humerus fracture•Other trauma•Dialysis fistula: ischemia
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Ulnar Neuropathy at the wrist and hand
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Ulnar neuropathy: wrist/hand•Less common than CTS or UNE•Sx
• Sensory at digit 5 and ulnar portion digit 4• Weakness of ulnar intrinsic hand muscles
•Majority caused by external pressure in palm• Cyclists• Hand tools
•Other: ganglia, synovial cysts (RA), lipoma
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Ulnar neuropathy: wrist/hand•Diagnostics
•EMG/NCS•Localize lesion•severity
•X Ray: arthritis or old fracture•MRI: ganglia, lipomas•U/S: ganglia, lipomas
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Ulnar neuropathy: wrist/hand
•Management•Avoid ongoing compression•Surgical decompression of mass lesions
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Radial Neuropathy
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Radial Neuropathy
•Less common than either median or ulnar neuropathies•No overuse syndrome•No entrapment sites or “tunnels”•Symptoms dependent on location of injury, typically traumatic or compressive
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Radial nerve function
•Elbow extension•Elbow flexion•Wrist & digit extension•Thumb abduction•Sensation at dorsal arm/forearm/hand
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Radial neuropathy: Axilla
•Etiology typically compressive/traumatic
•Crutch
• Intoxication/sedation/sleep
•Proximal humerus fracture
•Shoulder dislocation
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Radial neuropathy: upper arm
•Humerus fracture•Blunt trauma•Compression: •Intoxication/sedation/sleep
•Triceps spared•Wrist & Finger drop
•Tourniquet
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Radial neuropathy: elbow
•Affects the terminal branch of radial nerve: Posterior Interosseous Nerve
• Finger drop without wrist drop•Trauma
• Radius head dislocation• Radius fracture and fixation• Mid-forearm radius or ulna fractures
•Soft tissue mass•RA synovial cyst hypertrophy
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Superficial Radial neuropathy
•Sensation to dorsolateral hand•Compression
•Handcuffs•Casts•Watchband/bracelets
•Iatrogenic•Surgical•Venipuncture
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Radial Neuropathy: Work up
•EMG/NCS
• Confirm vs C7 radiculopathy
• Lesion location
• Severity/prognosis
•X rays: Fractures/dislocations
•MRI: mass lesions
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Radial Neuropathy: MgtAnd Prognosis•Sleep/Saturday night palsies
• Typically resolve in 6-8 weeks• If axon loss: months to a year• Prognosis: 90% full recovery
•Fractures/dislocations• Prognosis overall 70-88% recovery rate• If no evidence of recovery by 2-3 months
(clinically/EMG): surgical exploration
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Distal Radial Neuropathy: MgtAnd Prognosis•Posterior Interosseous Neuropathy
• Traumatic: If no evidence of recovery by 2-3 months (clinically/EMG): surgical exploration
• Spontaneous: EMG/NCS & MRI
•Superficial Radial Neuropathies• Avoid compression (watches/bracelets)• Laceration: surgical repair
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Radial Neuropathy: Mgt•Occupational Therapy
•Dorsal wrist cock-up with dynamic finger extension
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EMG/NCS•Why?
• Confirm clinical dx• Assess severity• Prognosis
•What?• Nerve conduction testing• Needle electrode exam
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The Netter Collection of Medical Illustrations, Volume 1, Nervous System, 2002
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EMG/NCS: key
•Operator dependent•Study is customized to the diagnostic question•Timing affects diagnostic sensitivity
• Immediate: not useful•3 weeks for axon loss to show (4-6 ideal)
• “Uncomfortable”•Requires patient cooperation
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EMG/NCS: limitations
•Intolerant patient•Non-cooperative patient•Obese•Elderly•Chronic lesions can reduce sensitivity for a new condition
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EMG/NCS: How to order•Be specific about the diagnostic question and limb to be studied (if localized)
• Yes•Bilateral CTS•Left arm: radiculopathy vs neuropathy•Right leg radiculopathy•Polyneuropathy
• No•CTS•4 limbs: pain
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EMG vs Neurology ConsultConsult• If results will likely trigger a consult
• Non-diabetic polyneuropathy• Myopathy• ALS
EMG• Comfortable managing the dx• Pre-surgical cases
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EMG/NCS: How to order•Providence System
• For now•Referral for EMG: limb/indication •Don’t put in an order too
• Coming soon! (they promise)•New Epic order•No referral needed
•Independent/Non-Providence• Referral for EMG: limb/indication
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EMG/NCS: Where to order•PBSI Neurology
• St Vincent• Providence Portland• Vancouver: Esther Short• Milwaukie• Bridgeport• Newberg
•PBSI Physiatry• St Vincent• Providence Portland
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