Morphometric study of the cervical course of the hypoglossal nerve and its application to hypoglossal facial anastomosis

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 86-90

  Vacher, Christian ^a,c   Dauge, M C ^b,c  

^a Institut d'Anatomie de Paris   (France)

^b BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^c Fac de Medecine Xavier Bichet   (France)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis; Hypoglossal facial anastomosis; Hypoglossal nerve; Nerve harvesting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE ANASTOMOSIS; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CADAVER; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; NECK; NERVE TRANSFER;

EID: 1842689884     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-003-0197-8     Document Type: Article

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