Targeted, sensory restoration to the upper aerodigestive tract with physiologic implications

Head and Neck

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 287-293

  Urken, Mark L ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nerve anastomosis; Sensory restoration; Upper aerodigestive tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOPLASTY; MALE; NERVE GROWTH; NERVE TRACT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHARYNX RECONSTRUCTION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY SYSTEM EXAMINATION; SIMULATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPERIOR LARYNGEAL NERVE; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNGEAL NERVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 1442300731     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.10337     Document Type: Article

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