En bloc resection of an intracavernous oculomotor nerve schwannoma and grafting of the oculomotor nerve with sural nerve. Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1045-1049

  Mariniello, Giuseppe ^a,b   Horvat, Alenka ^a   Dolenc, Vinko V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nerve graft; Nerve repair; Oculomotor nerve repair; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMOPLEGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0032709999     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.6.1045     Document Type: Article

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