Alternative approach using the combined technique of nerve crossover and cross-nerve grafting for reanimation of facial palsy

Microsurgery

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-256

  Yamamoto, Yuhei ^a   Sasaki, Satoru ^a   Sekido, Mitsuru ^a   Yokoyama, Toichiro ^a   Tsutsumida, Arata ^a   Furukawa, Hiroshi ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Sugihara, Tsuneki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE REGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037489670     PISSN: 07381085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/micr.10115     Document Type: Article

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