Intraoperative electrophysiologic identification of the nervus intermedius

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 274-279

  Ashram, Yasmine A ^a   Jackler, Robert K ^b   Pitts, Lawrence H ^c   Yingling, Charles D ^b,d  

^a ALEXANDRIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Intraoperative monitoring; Nervus intermedius

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMEDIUS NERVE; MALE; NERVE STIMULATION; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; ORBICULARIS ORIS MUSCLE; PATIENT MONITORING; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; AGED; AGEUSIA; BLINKING; CHILD; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; CRANIAL NERVES; EAR; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; REACTION TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TEARS;

EID: 15744373103     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200503000-00026     Document Type: Review

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