Histological analysis of the greater auricular nerve and its use as a graft

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 368-371

  Rayatt, S S ^a   King, T T ^b   O'Connor, A Fitzgerald ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graft; Greater auricular; Nerve

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AURICULAR NERVE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FACE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NERVE TRANSFER;

EID: 0031679239     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2273.1998.00157.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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