Marginal mandibular nerve injury during neck dissection and its impact on patient perception of appearance

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 673-678

  Batstone, Martin D ^a   Scott, Barry ^b   Lowe, Derek ^b   Rogers, Simon N ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appearance; Facial nerve; Head and neck cancer; Marginal mandibular; Neck dissection; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LIP DISEASE; LIP WEAKNESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE INJURY; NECK DISSECTION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; DRINKING; EATING; ESTHETICS; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LIP; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; NECK DISSECTION; SEX FACTORS; SMILING;

EID: 66349111799     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21013     Document Type: Article

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