Comparison of facial nerve injury and recovery rates after antegrade and retrograde nerve dissection in parotid surgery for benign disease: Prospective study over 4 years

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 286-291

  O'Regan, Barry ^a   Bharadwaj, Girish ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antegrade nerve dissection; Facial nerve monitoring; Nerve injury rate; Nerve recovery rate; Parotidectomy; Retrograde nerve dissection

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTEGRADE NERVE DISSECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISSECTION; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; INJURY SEVERITY; MALE; PAROTIDECTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PLEOMORPHIC SALIVARY ADENOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROGRADE NERVE DISSECTION; SIALOADENITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARTHIN TUMOR;

ADENOLYMPHOMA; ADENOMA, PLEOMORPHIC; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISSECTION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; PAROTITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 79957803225     PISSN: 02664356     EISSN: 15321940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2010.05.013     Document Type: Article

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