Diseases

Abducens Nerve Injury

Traumatic injury to the abducens, or sixth, cranial nerve. Injury to this nerve results in lateral rectus muscle weakness or paralysis. The nerve may be damaged by closed or penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA or by facial trauma involving the orbit.

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Abstract

Traumatic injury to the abducens, or sixth, cranial nerve. Injury to this nerve results in lateral rectus muscle weakness or paralysis. The nerve may be damaged by closed or penetrating CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA or by facial trauma involving the orbit.

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31 entry terms
  • Abducens Nerve Trauma
  • Abducens Neuropathy, Traumatic
  • Cranial Nerve VI Injury
  • Injury, Cranial Nerve VI
  • Injury, Sixth Cranial Nerve
  • Sixth Cranial Nerve Injuries
  • Sixth Cranial Nerve Injury
  • Sixth-Nerve Palsy, Traumatic
  • Sixth-Nerve Trauma
  • Traumatic Sixth-Nerve Palsy
  • Abducens Nerve Injuries
  • Abducens Nerve Traumas
  • Abducens Neuropathies, Traumatic
  • Injuries, Abducens Nerve
  • Injury, Abducens Nerve
  • Nerve Injuries, Abducens
  • Nerve Injury, Abducens
  • Nerve Trauma, Abducens
  • Nerve Traumas, Abducens
  • Sixth Nerve Palsy, Traumatic
  • Sixth Nerve Trauma
  • Sixth-Nerve Palsies, Traumatic
  • Sixth-Nerve Traumas
  • Trauma, Abducens Nerve
  • Trauma, Sixth-Nerve
  • Traumas, Abducens Nerve
  • Traumas, Sixth-Nerve
  • Traumatic Abducens Neuropathies
  • Traumatic Abducens Neuropathy
  • Traumatic Sixth Nerve Palsy
  • Traumatic Sixth-Nerve Palsies

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

2000

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Previous Indexing

  • Abducens Nerve (1967-1999)
  • Ophthalmoplegia (1966-1999)

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  1. C10w.292w.150w.100
  2. C10w.292w.200.200
  3. C10w.900.300w.218.150
  4. C26w.915.300w.400.100

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Abducens Nerve Injury. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D020222. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D020222
  2. Abducens Nerve Injury. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54931978