Wartenberg’s Syndrome

Wartenberg’s syndrome is a compression neuropathy of the superficial branch of the radial nerve. It is the result of pressure on the nerve by external or internal factors. The syndrome also includes iatrogenic causes of nerve injury. As a sensory nerve, it produces pain and dysesthesias in the area of its distribution on the dorsolateral site of the wrist and hand. Failed conservative treatment of rest and external pressure removal, is followed by surgical decompression.