A step backward: The 'Rough' facial nerve grading system

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Alicandri Ciufelli, Matteo ^a   Piccinini, Alessia ^a   Grammatica, Alberto ^c   Salafia, Francesca ^d   Ciancimino, Cristel ^a   Cunsolo, Eliomaria ^a   Pingani, Luca ^b   Rigatelli, Marco ^b   Genovese, Elisabetta ^a   Monzani, Daniele ^a   Gioacchini, Federico Maria ^a   Marchioni, Daniele ^a   Presutti, Livio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Section of Immunopathology and Allergology   (Italy)

^c REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d San Giuseppe Moscati Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Facial nerve grading system; Facial palsy; House Brackmann grading system; Interrater reliability; Subjective scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HOUSE BRACKMANN GRADING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROUGH FACIAL NERVE GRADING SYSTEM; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

FACIAL NERVE GRADING SYSTEM; FACIAL PALSY; HOUSE-BRACKMANN GRADING SYSTEM; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; SUBJECTIVE SCALE;

BLINKING; EYE MOVEMENTS; EYELIDS; FACIAL ASYMMETRY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMILING;

EID: 84884207569     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2012.11.047     Document Type: Article

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