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Nerves originating from the brain and brainstem are called cranial nerves, while those originating from the spinal cord and distributed throughout the body are called peripheral nerves. Nerves travel a long distance from the brainstem or spinal cord to reach their target organs. During this journey, they can be compressed by muscles, bones, or other tumors. They can be severed or crushed in traffic or motor vehicle accidents, injured by firearms, or damaged by sharp objects. Benign or malignant tumors can develop at any point along these long nerves. Various surgical procedures exist for all these nerve diseases.

Peripheral Nerve Tumors – For Doctors

More than one hundred peripheral nerve surgeries are performed annually at the GATA neurosurgery clinic. Below is information about "Peripheral Nerve Tumors" that I published in our peripheral nerve surgery textbook...

Avulsion injury – Nerve rupture – Brachial plexus

Avulsion injury is the severing of nerve roots from the spinal cord, usually due to traffic accidents or falls from a height. A nerve root...

Ulnar entrapment neuropathy

Compression of the ulnar nerve in the cubital groove at the elbow is called ulnar entrapment neuropathy. The ulnar nerve passes through a tunnel called the cubital tunnel, located between the medial epicondyle of the humerus and the olecranon of the ulna...

TOS – Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

Neural TOS is compression of the brachial plexus at the thoracic exit. Nerves going to the arm, after exiting the neck, form a network called the brachial plexus, where they intertwine and separate, forming a long network extending towards the arm...

Peripheral Nerve Surgeries

Peripheral nerves: All the nerves that branch off from the spinal cord and spread throughout the body are called peripheral nerves.

Sciatic Nerve Lesion Surgery

The patient, who had sustained a gunshot wound from a shotgun, was unable to move his left ankle. I performed surgery due to a sciatic nerve lesion, and during the preoperative examinations...