Subtotal facial nerve decompression for recurrent facial palsy in Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 425-428

  Dai, Chuanfu ^a,b   Li, Jiandong ^c   Yang, Shiming ^b   Zhao, Liang ^d   Feng, Shui ^d   Li, Yang ^d   Song, Zhiyao ^d   Lu, Jieyu ^d   Zhao, Kun ^d  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Electric Power General Hospital   (China)

^d CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Facial nerve function; Geniculate ganglion; Inflammatory site; Labyrinthine segment; Mastoid segment; Tympanic segment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FACE EDEMA; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MASTOID; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MELKERSSON-ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896359283     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00016489.2013.863431     Document Type: Article

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