Taste disturbance after mastoid surgery: Immediate and long-term effects of chorda tympani nerve sacrifice

Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-37

  Kiverniti, E ^a   Watters, G ^a  

^a SOUTHEND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chorda Tympani; Complications; Ear, Middle; Mastoidectomy; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHORDA TYMPANI; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOIDECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TASTE DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHORDA TYMPANI NERVE; DYSGEUSIA; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MASTOID; MIDDLE AGED; OTOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TASTE BUDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84555195329     PISSN: 00222151     EISSN: 17485460     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022215111002623     Document Type: Article

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