Side-to-end hypoglossal to facial anastomosis with transposition of the intratemporal facial nerve

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 509-513

  Slattery, William H ^a   Cassis, Adam M ^a   Wilkinson, Eric P ^a   Santos, Felipe ^a,b   Berliner, Karen ^c  

^a House Clinic and House Research Institute   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^c Research Consultant to House Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis; Hypoglossal facial anastomosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; CHILD; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894490905     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e3182936bcf     Document Type: Article

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