Preservation of the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve using a plexus block nerve stimulator

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1713-1716

  Sadoughi, Babak ^a   Hans, Stéphane ^a   De Monès, Erwan ^a   Brasnu, Daniel F ^a  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

Author keywords

Marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve; Plexus block nerve stimulator; Submandibular dissection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; GENERATOR; MANDIBLE; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY;

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; NECK DISSECTION;

EID: 33748567126     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000234914.76667.7f     Document Type: Article

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