Observations on the exploration and external neurolysis of injured inferior alveolar nerves

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 252-256

  Greenwood, M ^a   Corbett, I P ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External neurolysis; Inferior alveolar nerve; Nerve injury; Objective sensory testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; MALE; MANDIBLE; NERVE COMPRESSION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; ORAL SURGERY; PATIENT SELECTION; SCAR; SENSATION; SENSIBILITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS; TOOTH EXTRACTION;

EID: 14644442971     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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