Peripheral facial nerve communications and their clinical implications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-18

  Diamond, Mark ^a   Wartmann, Christopher T ^b   Tubbs, R Shane ^c   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^d   Cohen Gadol, Aaron A ^d   Loukas, Marios ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Indianapolis Neurosurgical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

anastomoses; communications; cranial nerve; face; facial nerve; surgery

Indexed keywords

BRAIN STEM; CERVICAL PLEXUS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; GREAT AURICULAR NERVE; GREATER OCCIPITAL NERVE; HUMAN; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; LESSER OCCIPITAL NERVE; LINGUAL NERVE; NECK DISSECTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TRANSVERSE CERVICAL NERVE; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

FACE; FACIAL NERVE; GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL NERVE; HUMANS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VAGUS NERVE; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE;

EID: 78650272612     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21072     Document Type: Review

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