Facial nerve palsy: Which flap? Microsurgical, anatomical, and functional considerations

Microsurgery

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 286-289

  Bove, Aldo ^b   Chiarini, Stella ^b   D'Andrea, Vito ^a   Di Matteo, Filippo Maria ^a   Lanzi, Giulio ^a,c   De Antoni, Enrico ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE FLAP; PECTORAL MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031664701     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2752(1998)18:4<286::AID-MICR14>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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