Facial nerve decompression surgery in patients with temporal bone trauma: Analysis of 66 cases

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1789-1792

  Hato, Naohito ^a   Nota, Junpei ^a   Hakuba, Nobumitsu ^a   Gyo, Kiyofumi ^a   Yanagihara, Naoaki ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functional outcome; Surgical timing; Temporal bone fracture; Traumatic facial nerve paralysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE EAR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL FRACTURE; TEMPORAL BONE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKULL FRACTURES; TEMPORAL BONE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84255191705     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e318236b21f     Document Type: Article

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