Post-traumatic peripheral facial nerve palsy: Surgical and neuroradiological consideration in five cases of delayed onset

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 152, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1705-1709

  Rotondo, Michele ^a   D'Avanzo, Raffaele ^a   Natale, Massimo ^a   Conforti, Renata ^a   Pascale, Michela ^a   Scuotto, Assunta ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Facial nerve palsy; Head trauma; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; STEROID;

ACCIDENTAL INJURY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL FRACTURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; SWELLING; TEMPORAL BONE; WEAKNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PETROUS BONE; SKULL FRACTURE, BASILAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149409874     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: 09420940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-010-0747-x     Document Type: Article

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