The feasibility and significance of preservation of the lobular branch of the great auricular nerve in parotidectomy

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 684-689

  Hu, J ^a   Ye, W ^a   Zheng, J ^a   Zhu, H ^a   Zhang, Z ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

great auricular nerve; parotidectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN; PAROTIDECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESERVATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADENOLYMPHOMA; ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADULT; AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953621477     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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