Peripheral facial nerve paralysis is the most common form of motor cranial neuropathy. Several factors can cause Bell’s palsy such as vascular ischemia, intracranial lesions, iatrogenic damage, etc. Treatment relies on diagnosing the causing factor, varying from steroids to surgical techniques. Since there has been but few reports of facial nerve paralysis caused by dental infection, odon...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this clinical study was to evaluate the benefits of ultrasonographic imaging in the surgical treatment of lower extremity peripheral nerve lesions. METHODS Peripheral nerves in the lower extremity were evaluated by using real-time ultrasonographic examination. The capability of ultrasonography in terms of determination the type of injury, the position of the proximal and ...

background: vestibular schwannoma (vs) is one of the skull base tumors originating from vestibular portion of eighth cranial nerve. recently, 2 micro-thulium laser is used in the surgery of some intracranial tumors. objectives: assessing the efficacy of 2 micro-thulium flexible hand-held laser fiber (revolixjrò) in microsurgical removal of vs. materials and methods: this retrospective non-rando...

BACKGROUND Surgical treatment of neuromas involves excision of neuromas proximally to the level of grossly "normal" fascicles; however, proximal changes at the axonal level may have both functional and therapeutic implications with regard to amputated nerves. In order to better understand the retrograde "zone of injury" that occurs after nerve transection, we investigated the gross and histolog...

Primary solitary tumours of the peripheral nerve trunks are relatively infrequent. Three such tumours have been treated at Hammersmith Hospital during the last four years, but a search of the hospital records for the period 1939-1950 has not shown any similar cases. (Solitary tumours of the auditory nerve and spinal nerve roots are not included in this report.) In these three patients the tumou...

AIM The aim of this clinical study was to evaluate the benefits of ultrasonographic imaging in the surgical treatment of upper extremity peripheral nerve lesions. MATERIAL AND METHODS Peripheral nerves in the upper extremity were evaluated by using real-time ultrasonographic examination. The capability of ultrasonography in terms of determination the type of injury, the position of the proxim...

Introduction THE problem of suppressing the regenerative growth of nerve fibres by chernical or other means owes its clinical interest to the need for preventing or stopping the acute pain that sometimes develops after injury to peripheral nerves. The conditions under which acute pain develops have not been closely defined. It cannot be definitely attributed to any one particular cause, and it ...

Background. The purpose of this experiment was to develop a peripheral nerve interface using cultured myoblasts within a scaffold to provide a biologically stable interface while providing signal amplification for neuroprosthetic control and preventing neuroma formation. Methods. A Regenerative Peripheral Nerve Interface (RPNI) composed of a scaffold and cultured myoblasts was implanted on the ...