Open AccessSurgical excision of peripheral nerve schwannomas: an analysis of 11 patients
Author(s) -
İbrahim Karaman,
Mithat Öner,
İbrahim Halil Kafadar,
Ahmet Güney,
Mahmut Argün
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
acta orthopaedica et traumatologica turcica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.586
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 2589-1294
pISSN - 1017-995X
DOI - 10.3944/aott.2015.14.0119
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , dissection (medical) , retrospective cohort study , forearm
Benign schwannomas are the most common tumour of the peripheral nerves. Symptomatic schwannomas are treated by surgical excision, but new neurological deficits may develop. We performed a retrospective review of cases of schwannomas in the extremities and reviewed the relevant literature.
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