Bilateral traumatic facial paralysis associated with unilateral abducens palsy: A case report

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 144-147

  Ulug, Tuncay ^a,c   Ulubil, S Arif ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Abducens Nerve; Facial Nerve; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Surgical Procedures, Operative; Treatment Outcome

Indexed keywords

ABDUCENS NERVE PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SKULL FRACTURE; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ABDUCENS NERVE INJURY; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SKULL FRACTURES; TEMPORAL BONE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 15244344266     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0022215053419907     Document Type: Article

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