Masseteric nerve: A possible donor for facial nerve anastomosis?

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 396-400

  Brenner, Erich ^a   Schoeller, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Facial nerve paralysis; Masseteric nerve; Nerve anastomosis; Nerve babysitting

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CADAVER; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MASSETER MUSCLE;

EID: 0031736229     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2353(1998)11:6<396::AID-CA5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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