Skin injury and great auricular nerve sacrifice after parotidectomy

Journal of Craniofacial Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1078-1081

  Colella, Giuseppe ^a   Rauso, Raffaele ^a,b   Tartaro, Gianpaolo ^a   Biondi, Paolo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Great auricular nerve; Parotidectomy; Self inflicted lesions

Indexed keywords

CITALOPRAM; HALOPERIDOL; OXAZEPAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CYTODIAGNOSIS; EAR LOBE; FEMALE; GREAT AURICULAR NERVE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NERVE INJURY; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PAROTID GLAND TUMOR; PAROTIDECTOMY; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN INJURY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CRANIAL NERVES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARESTHESIA; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 68949183150     PISSN: 10492275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3181abb358     Document Type: Article

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