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Child's Nervous System
Published in: Child's Nervous System 10/2013

01-10-2013 | Classics in Pediatric Neurosurgery

Heinrich Bircher (1850–1923) and the first description of a surgical approach to the cavernous sinus

Authors: Christoph J. Griessenauer, Martin M. Mortazavi, Marios Loukas, Mohammadali M. Shoja, Koichi Watanabe, R. Shane Tubbs

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 10/2013

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The cavernous sinus is a venous pathway located in the medial portion of the middle cranial fossa encircled by dural folds on either side of the sellar turcica. It contains important neurovascular structures including the cavernous segment of the carotid artery and its branches; the sympathetic plexus, the oculomotor, trochlear, and abducens cranial nerves; and ophthalmic division of the trigeminal nerve. Approaches to the cavernous sinus may be performed for basilar tip and ophthalmic segment carotid aneurysms, pituitary tumors, trigeminal neuromas, meningiomas, and other tumors in this region. Herein, we report what we believe to be the first description of surgery of the cavernous sinus. …
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Metadata
Title
Heinrich Bircher (1850–1923) and the first description of a surgical approach to the cavernous sinus
Authors
Christoph J. Griessenauer
Martin M. Mortazavi
Marios Loukas
Mohammadali M. Shoja
Koichi Watanabe
R. Shane Tubbs
Publication date
01-10-2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 10/2013
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-012-1978-3

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