title: Successful outcome following anastomosis of a severed trochlear nerve in the middle fossa.
abstract: Complete return of function has been obtained following neurosurgical repair of a trochlear nerve inadvertently divided during the clipping of a basilar tip aneurysm. To date this is the second case reported in the literature. The technique of repair and the method of recording the return of function is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Ophthalmology Department, Royal Hobart Hospital, Tasmania, Australia.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ferrier
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Padmanabhan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hunn
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D008297:Male; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014321:Trochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D061247:Trochlear Nerve Injuries; D014794:Visual Fields