Bilateral traumatic facial paralysis. Case report

Neurocirugia

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 225-228

  Undabeitia, Jose ^a   Liu, Brian ^b   Pendleton, Courtney ^b   Nogues, Pere ^a   Noboa, Roberto ^a   Undabeitia, Jose Ignacio ^c,d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI ARNAU DE VILANOVA   (Spain)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL DE CRUCES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bilateral facial paralysis; Facial nerve injuries; Skull base fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACIAL NERVE INJURY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; INTUBATION; LATENT PERIOD; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE CONDUCTION; OTORRHEA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TEMPORAL BONE; VENTILATOR; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; WEANING;

BILATERAL FACIAL PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE INJURIES; FRACTURA DE BASE DE CRÁNEO; LESIÓN DEL NERVIO FACIAL; PARÁLISIS FACIAL BILATERAL; SKULL BASE FRACTURE;

ADULT; FACIAL INJURIES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84888439260     PISSN: 11301473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neucir.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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