Surgical anatomy for direct hypoglossal-facial nerve side-to-end 'anastomosis'

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 268-275

  Asaoka, Katsuyuki ^b   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Nagashima, Masabumi ^b   Fukushima, Takanori ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Facial palsy; Histomorphometric analysis; Hypoglossal nerve; Nerve communication; Surgical anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MICROSURGERY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRANSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032724814     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.1999.91.2.0268     Document Type: Article

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