Long-term outcomes of facial nerve function in irradiated and nonirradiated nerve grafts

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 122, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 695-700

  Leong, Samuel C ^a   Lesser, Tristram H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AINTREE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial nerve; Facial nerve repair; Facial paralysis; Parotid cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE FUNCTION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 84889242043     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348941312201106     Document Type: Article

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