Relations of the facial nerve with the retromandibular vein: Anatomic study of 132 parotid glands

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 957-961

  Touré, Gaoussou ^a,b   Vacher, Christian ^b,c,d  

^a Centre Hospitalier Intercommunal de Villeneuve Saint Georges   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c France   (France)

^d BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Facial nerve; Parotidectomy; Retromandibular vein

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PAROTID GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROMANDIBULAR VEIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; VEIN; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; PAROTID REGION; REFERENCE VALUE; VASCULARIZATION;

FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID REGION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 79952632470     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-010-0674-9     Document Type: Article

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