The Cranial Nerves

Anatomy · Pathology · Pathophysiology · Diagnosis · Treatment

Buch | Softcover

XVII, 664 Seiten

2011 | 1. Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-67982-7 (ISBN)

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No special field of surgery dealing with the cranial nerves exists today. This is not surprising in view of the characteristics of this group of morphologically and topo graphically heterogenous nerves. Morphologically we must differentiate between central nerves (I, II and VIII) and the so-called peripheral nerves (nn. III to VII and IX to XII), in which post-lesion rgeneration is quite different. Anatomo-topographi cally we must consider an intracranial and an extracranial part of each cranial nerve. For practical reasons at operation, further subdivisions of the intracranial course of cranial nerves are to be distinguished in the anterior, middle and posterior cranial fossae as well as within the petrous bone. This underscores the extensive tasks awaiting surgeons operating in the ventral part of the brain and facial skull as well as in the more dorsal part of the skull and neck. This very wide field cannot be covered by a single surgical discipline alone. In our opinion, considerable progress has been made in surgery of the cranial nerves only in recent years. This may be explained by the increased mastery of microsurgical techniques by all surgeons in terested in the surgery of the base of the skull as well as with the initiation of more interdisciplinary consultation and jointly performed operations. Possibilities of fu ture development can be discerned in the text. The base of the skull separating the extra-and intracranial part of cranial nerves should not be a barrier but a connect ing link.

History of Cranial Nerves Surgery. Introductory Lecture.- Topographical Anatomy of the Cranial Nerves.- Cranial Nerve Injury. Structural and Pathophysiological Considerations and a Classification of Nerve Injury.- Experimental Studies on Neural Regeneration.- Olfactory Nerve (First Cranial Nerve).- Optic Nerve (Second Cranial Nerve).- Oculomotor, Trochlear and Abducens Nerves.- Trigeminal Nerve (Fifth Cranial Nerve).- Facial and Vestibulo-Chochlear Nerves (Seventh and Eighth Cranial Nerves).- Clinical Aspects of Facial Nerve.- Cochleo-Vestibular Nerve.- Caudal Cranial Nerves.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	21.11.2011
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 664 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 244 mm
Gewicht	1166 g
Themenwelt	Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Chirurgie ► Neurochirurgie
Schlagworte	anatomy • brain • pathophysiology • Surgery • Surgical technique
ISBN-10	3-642-67982-X / 364267982X
ISBN-13	978-3-642-67982-7 / 9783642679827
Zustand	Neuware