The temporal branch of the facial nerve: How reliably can we predict its path?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1224-1236

  Gosain, Arun K ^a   Sewall, Steven R ^a   Yousif, N John ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ZYGOMA;

CADAVER; CRANIAL SUTURES; DISSECTION; EAR CANAL; FACIAL NERVE; FRONTAL BONE; HUMANS; MASTOID; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PETROUS BONE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPORAL ARTERIES; TEMPORAL BONE; TEMPORAL MUSCLE; TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT; ZYGOMA;

EID: 0030968023     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199704001-00003     Document Type: Article

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