The effect of surgical timing on functional outcomes of traumatic facial nerve paralysis

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 924-929

  Kim, Jin ^a   Moon, In Seok ^a   Shim, Dae Bo ^b   Lee, Won Sang ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chung Ang University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Decompression; Facial paralysis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EARLY INTERVENTION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE; TIME PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMPORAL BONE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951056551     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a8b2d9     Document Type: Article

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