Variations on the 'baby-sitter' procedure for reconstruction of facial paralysis

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-43

  Endo, Takashi ^a   Hata, Jutarou ^a   Nakayama, Yoshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE GRAFT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCESSORY NERVE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0033963872     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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