Unusual complication of tonsillectomy: Taste disturbance and the lingual branch of the glossopharyngeal nerve

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 314-317

  Uzun, Cem ^a,b   Adali, Mustafa Kemal ^a   Karasalihoglu, Ahmet Rifat ^a  

^a TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Universitesi Tip Fakultesi   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dysgeusia; Glossopharyngeal nerve; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ZINC;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SWEETNESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASTE DISORDER; TONGUE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; ZINC BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; DYSGEUSIA; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMANS; MALE; TONGUE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY;

EID: 0037393989     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/00222150360600968     Document Type: Article

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