American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 37-41 , January 2007

Recovery of facial nerve function after repair or grafting: our experience with 24 patients

  • Deborah A. Eaton, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • ,
  • Barry E. Hirsch, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Eye & Ear Institute, Suite 500, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. Tel.: +1 412 647 2115; fax: +1 412 647 2080.
    • ,
  • Ossama I. Mansour, MD

      Affiliations

    • Ain Shams University, 10 Marwa Buildings, Heliopolis, Abbasia, Cairo, Egypt

Received 3 April 2006

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PII: S0196-0709(06)00117-7

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2006.06.009

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 37-41 , January 2007

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