Hemihypoglossal nerve transfer for acute facial paralysis: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 160-166

  Hayashi, Ayato ^a   Nishida, Masanobu ^a   Seno, Hisakazu ^a   Inoue, Masahiro ^a   Iwata, Hiroshi ^a   Shirasawa, Tomohiro ^a   Arai, Hajime ^a   Kayamori, Ryoji ^b   Komuro, Yuzo ^c   Yanai, Akira ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY URAYASU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic and operative techniques; Facial paralysis; Facial reanimation; Hypoglossal nerve; Hypoglossal facial nerve transfer; Nerve graft; Pain

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NEURINOMA; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED RESPONSE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872171588     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2012.9.JNS1270     Document Type: Article

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