A comparison and conversion table of 'the House-Brackmann facial nerve grading system' and 'the Yanagihara grading system'

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 207-212

  Satoh, Yasuo ^a   Kanzaki, Jin ^b   Yoshihara, Shigemitsu ^c  

^a NIPPON KOKAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Keiyu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conversion table; Facial palsy; House Brackmann facial nerve grading system; Inter observer variation; Yanagihara grading system

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION;

FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; METHODS; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; OBSERVER VARIATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034064824     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0385-8146(99)00049-8     Document Type: Article

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