Is it necessary to preserve the posterior branch of the great auricular nerve in parotidectomy?

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 636-641

  Min, Hyun Jung ^a   Lee, Hyung Seok ^a   Lee, Yong Seop ^a   Jeong, Jin Hyeok ^a   Cho, Seok Hyun ^a   Lee, Seung Hwan ^a   Kim, Kyung Rae ^a   Park, Chul Won ^a   Tae, Kyung ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; GREAT AURICULAR NERVE; HUMAN; MALE; PAROTIDECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY INDEX SCORE;

ADENOLYMPHOMA; ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CHILD; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAROTID DISEASES; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSATION; SENSATION DISORDERS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TOUCH;

EID: 34548833009     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2007.05.061     Document Type: Article

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