Objective assessment of the perineural vascular plexus as a landmark for the horizontal part of the facial nerve in middle ear and mastoid surgery

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 280-283

  Paleri, Vinidh ^a,b   Watson, Carl ^a  

^a DARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ORL HNS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholesteatoma; Facial nerve; Landmark; Perineural vascular plexus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHOLESTEATOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTOIDECTOMY; MIDDLE EAR SURGERY; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CHOLESTEATOMA, MIDDLE EAR; EAR, MIDDLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; HUMANS; MASTOID; MICROCIRCULATION; MICROSURGERY; OTOSCOPY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHOTOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASA NERVORUM;

EID: 15744394353     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00129492-200503000-00027     Document Type: Article

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