Quality of life after facial nerve repair

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-426

  Guntinas Lichius, Orlando ^a,b   Straesser, Arianna ^a   Streppel, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Health status; Nerve repair; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING; EMOTION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JAW MOVEMENT; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MOUTH; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE TUMOR; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947099127     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31802d83df     Document Type: Article

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