Subfascial and submuscular methods of temporal muscle dissection and their relationship to the frontal branch of the facial nerve. Technical note

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 877-880

  Coscarella, Ernesto ^a   Vishteh, A Giancarlo ^a   Spetzler, Robert F ^a   Seoane, Eduardo ^a   Zabramski, Joseph M ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterolateral approach; Rami frontalis orbicularis; Subfascial submuscular dissection; Superficial temporal artery; Zygomatic branch

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERFICIAL TEMPORAL ARTERY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TEMPORALIS MUSCLE;

EID: 0034015543     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/jns.2000.92.5.0877     Document Type: Article

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