Microanatomical architecture of Dorello's canal and its clinical implications

OZVEREN M. F., EROL F. S., Alkan A., KOCAK A., ONAL C., TURE U.

NEUROSURGERY, vol.60, no.2, pp.1-7, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 60 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1227/01.neu.0000249229.89988.4d
  • Journal Name: NEUROSURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1-7
  • Keywords: abducens nerve palsy, magnetic resonance imaging, petroclival region, subarachnoid space, ABDUCENS NERVE PALSY, POSTERIOR CAVERNOUS SINUS, INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION, MICROSURGICAL ANATOMY, PETROCLIVAL REGION, IMAGING ANATOMY, CRANIAL NERVES, MECHANISM, FRACTURE, PARESIS
  • Bezmialem Vakıf University Affiliated: No

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: We investigated the membranous architecture of the abducens nerve at the petroclival region and describe the characteristics of this area in cadaveric specimen and two children with hydrocephalus and sixth nerve palsy using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).