**Compression Neuropathies**

Javier López Mendoza and Alexandro Aguilera Salgado

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/55316

**1. Introduction**

Upper extremity compression neuropathies are among the most common disorders in plastic surgery, especially in patients with predisposing occupations or with certain medical disor‐ ders. In the past two decades a notable increase in the incidence of this entity has occurred. Therefore, it is mandatory to achieve a prompt diagnosis because they can produce important motor and sensory deficiencies that need to be treated before the development of complica‐ tions, since, despite the capacity for regeneration bestowed on the peripheral nervous system, functions lost as a result of denervation are never fully restored.
