Mandibular landmarks as an aid in minimizing injury to the marginal mandibular branch: A metric and geometric anatomical study

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 171-178

  Potgieter, W ^a   Meiring, Jan H ^a   Boon, J M ^a   Pretorius, E ^a   Pretorius, J P ^a   Becker, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Facial expression; Geometric morphometric analysis; Marginal mandibular branch

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE MARGINAL MANDIBULAR BRANCH; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FACE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 15944402154     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20099     Document Type: Article

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