Facial nerve surgery in the 19th and early 20th centuries: The evolution from crossover anastomosis to direct nerve repair.
Am J Otol. 1998 Mar;19(2):236-45.
Am J Otol. 1998.
PMID: 9520063
Most surgeons would be surprised to learn that crossover anastomoses predated direct nerve repair by nearly half a century. In 1879, the German surgeon Drobnik performed the first facial-spinal accessory anastomosis. Over the next two decades, numerous articles were writte …
Most surgeons would be surprised to learn that crossover anastomoses predated direct nerve repair by nearly half a century. In 1879, the Ger …