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Novel devices for intraoperative monitoring of glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves during skull base surgery

BACKGROUND: Swallowing disturbance is among the most burdensome complications suffered by patients with glossopharyngeal and vagus nerve involvement in lesions adjacent the jugular foramen. For monitoring these nerves, we have developed new devices that comprised four contacts adhering to the surfac...

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Autores principales: Fukuda, Masafumi, Takao, Tetsuro, Hiraishi, Tetsuya, Yajima, Naoki, Saito, Akihiko, Fujii, Yukihiko
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3740607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23956940
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2152-7806.115650