Temporary suspension of acute facial paralysis using the s-s cable suture (medical U&A, Tokyo, Japan)

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-67

  Ozaki, Mine ^a,b   Takushima, Akihiko ^a   Momosawa, Akira ^a   Kurita, Masakazu ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis; Suture suspension; Temporary suspension

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOMA; HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; NEURILEMOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOFT TISSUE; SUSPENSION; SUTURE; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; EVALUATION; EYEBROW; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSONISM; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PTOSIS; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BLEPHAROPTOSIS; CHEEK; EYEBROWS; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; SUTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48149087459     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31815614e4     Document Type: Article

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