Infraorbital nerve injury associated with zygoma fractures: Documentation with neurosensory testing

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 834-838

  Fogaça, Walfredo Cherubini ^a   Fereirra, Marcus Castro ^a   Dellon, A Lee ^a  

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSESTHESIA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE PAIN; HUMAN; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; INTERVIEW; NERVE INJURY; NEUROSENSORY TESTING; ORBIT FRACTURE; ORBIT RECONSTRUCTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSIBILITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASE; ZYGOMA ARCH FRACTURE; CRANIAL NERVE INJURY; INJURY; MAXILLARY NERVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SENSATION;

CRANIAL NERVE INJURIES; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, NEUROLOGICAL; HUMANS; MAXILLARY NERVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSATION; ZYGOMATIC FRACTURES;

EID: 2542483711     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000105335.41930.41     Document Type: Article

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