Impact of removing mastoid process for advanced parotid cancer on facial nerve identification, preservation and reconstruction

BACKGROUND: Advanced parotid cancers more than 4 cm are firmly fixed around the main trunk of the facial nerve that can be hardly detected in narrow working space between mastoid process and parotid cancer. Even though facial nerve was preserved, facial nerve stretching during surgery has significan...

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Autores principales: Yokoyama, Junkichi, Ooba, Shinichi, Fujimaki, Mitsuhisa, Anzai, Takashi, Kojima, Masataka, Ikeda, Katsuhisa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Short Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3943985/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24588993
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1746-160X-10-6

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