Partial lesions of the intratemporal segment of the facial nerve: Graft versus partial reconstruction

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 665-669

  Bento, Ricardo F ^a   Salomone, Raquel ^a   Brito, Rubens ^a   Tsuji, Robinson K ^a   Hausen, Mariana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Facial paralysis; Graft; Surgical therapy; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE FRACTURE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOUSE BRACKMANN SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE SURGERY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURAL NERVE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 54249139985     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811700906     Document Type: Article

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