A complication of intraoperative facial nerve monitoring: Facial skin burns

American Journal of Otology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 679-682

  Haenggeli, Andre ^a   Richter, Michel ^a   Lehmann, Willy ^a   Dulguerov, Pavel ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burns; Direct current; Electrolysis; Facial nerve; Intraoperative nerve monitoring; Parotidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIRECT CURRENT; ELECTRIC BURN; ELECTROLYSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PAROTIDECTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT;

EID: 0033490386     PISSN: 01929763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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