The stylomastoid artery as an anatomical landmark to the facial nerve during parotid surgery: a clinico-anatomic study

BACKGROUND: The identification of the facial nerve can be difficult in a bloody operative field or by an incision that limits exposure; hence anatomical landmarks and adequate operative exposure can aid such identification and preservation. In this clinico-anatomic study, we examined the stylomastoi...

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Autores principales: Upile, Tahwinder, Jerjes, Waseem, Nouraei, Seyed Ahmad Reza, Singh, Sandeep U, Kafas, Panagiotis, Sandison, Ann, Sudhoff, Holger, Hopper, Colin
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19785731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-7-71

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2760553/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19785731
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-7-71

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