Surgical treatment of Bell's palsy: Current attitudes

Laryngoscope

Volumn 121, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1965-1970

  Smouha, Eric ^a   Toh, Elizabeth ^b   Schaitkin, Barry M ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; facial nerve; facial nerve surgery; surgical decompression

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; STEROID;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FACIAL NERVE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE DECOMPRESSION; NEUROTOLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOLOGIST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BELL PALSY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80052097375     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.21906     Document Type: Article

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