Facial nerve decompression

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 280-285

  Andresen, Nicholas S ^a   Sun, Daniel Q ^a   Hansen, Marlan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell s palsy; Facial nerve; Facial nerve decompression; Melkersson Rosenthal syndrome; Temporal bone fracture

Indexed keywords

BELL PALSY; BONE INJURY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; HEARING; HUMAN; MELKERSSON ROSENTHAL SYNDROME; MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; TEMPORAL BONE; TREATMENT INDICATION; COMPLICATION; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; INJURIES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BELL PALSY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; TEMPORAL BONE;

EID: 85059799094     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000478     Document Type: Review

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