A series of 100 surgical procedures on the parotid gland affected by tumours is reported, with a detailed analysis of facial nerve function after parotid surgery. A low percentage of temporary lesions (28 %) affecting only one branch of the facial nerve, all of which regressed in a short time, and only one case of a permanent lesion affecting the whole nerve, anatomically intact, however, was observed. The authors confirm the safety of parotidectomy, if correctly performed.
Facial nerve and parotid surgery / R. Brusati, A. Bozzetti, M. Chiapasco. - In: JOURNAL OF CRANIO-MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY. - ISSN 1010-5182. - 15:5(1987 Oct), pp. 278-280.
Facial nerve and parotid surgery
R. BrusatiPrimo
;M. ChiapascoUltimo
1987
Abstract
A series of 100 surgical procedures on the parotid gland affected by tumours is reported, with a detailed analysis of facial nerve function after parotid surgery. A low percentage of temporary lesions (28 %) affecting only one branch of the facial nerve, all of which regressed in a short time, and only one case of a permanent lesion affecting the whole nerve, anatomically intact, however, was observed. The authors confirm the safety of parotidectomy, if correctly performed.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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