Microsurgical repair of the inferior alveolar nerve: Success rate and factors that adversely affect outcome

Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1978-1990

  Bagheri, Shahrokh C ^a,b,c,d   Meyer, Roger A ^b,e   Cho, Sung Hee ^d   Thoppay, Jaisri ^d   Khan, Husain Ali ^b,c   Steed, Martin B ^d  

^a NORTHSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Georgia Oral and Facial Surgery   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Maxillofacial Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFERIOR ALVEOLAR NERVE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NERVE INJURY; NERVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS; TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE INJURIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863930898     PISSN: 02782391     EISSN: 15315053     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joms.2011.08.030     Document Type: Article

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