Nervus Intermedius
Journal
World Neurosurgery
ISSN
1878-8750
Date Issued
2013
Author(s)
Guinto, Gerardo
Guinto-Nishimura, Yoshiaki
Type
text::journal::journal article
Abstract
The facial nerve is undoubtedly one of the cranial nerves with a high interest for the practice of neurosurgery. Its complex anatomy, the high frequency with which it is affected by lesions (particularly tumors of the skull base) and surgery, and the consequences that facial paralysis generates in patients, have originated a day by day increased interest in the integral study of this nerve.