## Abstract ## Objectives/Hypothesis: Parotid surgery mandates that every effort be made to identify and preserve the integrity of the facial nerve. A simple method of predicting the proximity of the nerve to the capsule of the tumor preoperatively may benefit surgical planning and patient counsel
Parotid Tumor Size Predicts Proximity to the Facial Nerve
โ Scribed by NA Domenick; JT Johnson
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 353 KB
- Volume
- 121
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0023-852X
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