Outcomes of facial nerve grafting in 155 cases: Predictive value of history and preoperative function

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1341-1346

  Özmen, Ömer Afşn ^a   Falcioni, Maurizio ^b   Lauda, Lorenzo ^b   Sanna, Mario ^b  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GRUPPO OTOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anastomosis; Cerebellopontine angle tumors; Cranial base surgery; Facial nerve; Facial paralysis; Graft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE DISEASES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052971040     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31822e952d     Document Type: Article

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