1907 [Neurosurgery Wiki]

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====== 1907 ======

[[1906]]-[[1908]].

The first [[resection]] of an [[intramedullary tumor]] was carried out in [[1907]] by [[Anton von Eiselsberg]] in [[Vienna]].
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Codivilla described the treatment of a nerve root compression due to impingement by the transverse processes of the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae in a patient with a previous cervical compression fracture at C4–C5. He removed the transverse apophysis and freed a nerve root adherent to the bony callus and obtained a complete resolution of the C5 nerve root paralysis
((Codivilla A. Sulla cura chirurgica delle paralisi radicolari del plesso brachiale. In: Putti V, editor. Scritti medici di Alessandro Codivilla. Pubblicati dall’Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli. Vol Archivio ed atti della società italiana di chirurgia. XX adunanza. Bologna, Italy: Licinio Cappelli Editore; 1907. pp. 902–904.)).