Nerve Monitoring During Brain Surgery
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An area of special challenge, is the cerebellopontine angle (CPA), which is formed between the brain stem and the cerebellum, because of the close proximity of major nerve trunks and blood vessels. Acoustic tumours account for approximately 80% of CPA tumours, and surgery involves risk primarily to the facial nerve the motor nerve of facial expression, and the cochlear nerve the sensory nerve of hearing. These tumours, which arise from the sheath of the vestibular nerve the balance nerve, produce symptoms including gradual deafness, tinnitus, and balance disturbance, on the affected side.
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