Full functional recovery after surgical repair of transected abducens nerve: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 605-608

  Sawamura, Yutaka ^a,b   Ikeda, Jun ^a   Miyamachi, Keikichi ^b   Abe, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Nikkou Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abducens nerve; Cranial base; Nerve repair; Reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MENINGIOMA; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE TRANSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDUCENS NERVE; CONVERGENCE, OCULAR; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 0031020776     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199703000-00034     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Biglan AW, Sekhar LN, Cheng KP, Wright DC: A protocol for measuring ophthalmologic morbidity and recovery after cranial base surgery. Skull Base Surg 4:26-31, 1994.
2. Deruty R, Guyotat J, Mottolese C, Bady B, Girard Madoux M, Vighetto A, Vila A: Partial recovery of the oculo-motor nerve after section and reparation during tumor excision. Neurochirurgie 34:287-292, 1988.
3. Fernandez E, Pallini R, Gangitano C, Del Fa A, Olivieri-Sangiacomo C, Draicchio F, Sbriccoli A, Talamonti G, Pettorossi VE: The third nerve transection and regeneration in rats with preliminary results on the sixth nerve transection and regeneration in guinea pigs. Neurol Res 10:221-224, 1988.
4. Crimson BS, Ross MJ, Tyson G: Return of function after intracranial suture of the trochlear nerve: Case report. J Neurosurg 61:191-192, 1984.
5. Marinkovic SV, Gibo H, Stimec B: The neurovascular relationships and the blood supply of the abducent nerve: Surgical anatomy of its cisternal segment. Neurosurgery 34:1017-1026, 1994.
6. Nathan H, Ouaknine G, Kosary IZ: The abducens nerve: Anatomical variations in its course. J Neurosurg 41:561-566, 1974.
7. Samii M, Matthies C: Indication, technique and results of facial nerve reconstruction. Acta Neurochir (Wien) 130:125-139, 1994.
8. Sandvoss G, Stoltenburg-Didinger G, Yasargil MG: Experimental transclival exposure and repair of the abducens nerve in cats. Neurochirurgia (Stuttg) 30:65-68, 1987.
9. Sekhar LN, Lanzino G, Sen CN, Pomonis S: Reconstruction of the third through sixth cranial nerves during cavernous sinus surgery. J Neurosurg 76:935-943, 1992.
10. Stephanian E, Sekhar LN, Janecka IP, Hirsh B: Facial nerve repair by interposition nerve graft: Results in 22 patients. Neurosurgery 31:73-77, 1992.
11. Tschabitscher M, Hocker K: The variations in the origin of Cranial Nerves III, IV and VI. Anat Anz 173:45-49, 1991.