Focal Nerve Trauma
(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…
Nerve Tumors
(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…
Focal Tumor-Like Lesions
(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…
Surgical Treatment of Focal Neuropathies
(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…
Pathophysiology of Nerve Lesions
(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…
Introduction
(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…
Nerve Torsion (Rotation)
(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…
Clinical Presentation of Focal Nerve Lesions
(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….
Moyamoya Disease
Adults Pediatric (<18 years) TIA 55 % TIA 38 % Stroke 59 % Stroke 40 % Hemorrhage 16 % Hemorrhage 6 % Seizure 14 % Seizure 11 % Headache 49…
Brain Arteriovenous Malformations
Figure 9.1 In these side (a) and front (b) views of an artist’s impression of a brain AVM, note the abnormal tangle of vessels, nidus, with feeding arterial vessels and…
