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(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany   2.1 Macroscopic Anatomy of the Peripheral Nerve System and Variations Each physician who starts to deal with peripheral nerves – and particularly focal…

(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany   11.1 General Considerations Focal nerve lesions due to trauma are relatively rare diseases we have to deal with. The following chapter is therefore…

(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany   13.1 Types, Symptoms, and Diagnosis Most types of nerve tumor are characterized by the same slowly proceeding symptoms that we consider as typical…

(1) Neurological Department, Municipal Hospital Dessau, Dessau-Rosslau, Germany   Similar to autoimmune neuropathies, plexiform growth variants of tumors of the peripheral nerve sheath (plexiform neurofibroma, perineurioma) may lead to a…

(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany   7.1 Technical Implications The surgical treatment of focal entrapments predominantly consists of nerve relief and decompression. Entrapment syndromes are lesions in anatomically narrowed…

(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany   3.1 Degrees of Nerve Lesion The following chapter mainly considers trauma-related peripheral nerve lesions. It is of low importance in explaining nerve irritation…

(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany   Revolutionary novelties were discovered during the 1960s when microsurgery was introduced in the large field of nerve traumatology and nerve repair. Inducing significantly…

(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany   For about 20 years, observations and reports have appeared about exceptional cases of suddenly rotated nerve segments [1]. The etiology of this phenomenon…

(1) Neurosurgical Department, Friederiken-Hospital, Hannover, Germany   4.1 Diagnosis, Assessment, and Completion Each focal neuropathy first needs a careful exploration of the patient’s history and evaluation of his clinical symptoms….