Early Rehabilitation of Facial Nerve Deficit after Acoustic Neuroma Surgery

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 123, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 932-935

  Barbara, Maurizio ^a   Monini, Simonetta ^a   Buffoni, Antonella ^a   Cordier, Aldo ^a   Ronchetti, F ^a   Harguindey, Alejandro ^a   Di Stadio, A ^b   Cerruto, R ^a   Filipo, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b II Medical School La Sapienza ^*

Author keywords

Acoustic neuroma; Facial nerve palsy; Physical rehabilitation; Translabyrinthine approach

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EAR SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOUSE BRACKMANN STAGING SYSTEM; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PATIENT CODING; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION MEDICINE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TRANSLABYRINTHINE APPROACH;

ADULT; AGED; EAR, INNER; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0242320511     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480310000629     Document Type: Article

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