American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 83-88 , March 2009

Intracranial facial nerve grafting after removal of vestibular schwannoma

  • Andrea Bacciu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Parma, Via Gramsci 14, 43100 Parma, Italy. Tel.: +39 521 703205; fax: +39 521 290157.
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  • Maurizio Falcioni

      Affiliations

    • Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Rome, Italy
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  • Enrico Pasanisi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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  • Filippo Di Lella

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
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  • Lorenzo Lauda

      Affiliations

    • Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Sean Flanagan

      Affiliations

    • Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Rome, Italy
    • ,
  • Mario Sanna

      Affiliations

    • Gruppo Otologico, Piacenza, Rome, Italy

Received 28 January 2008

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☆ Supported by a grant from Associazione Italiana Neuro-Otologica (AINOT).

PII: S0196-0709(08)00039-2

doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2008.02.010

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 2 , Pages 83-88 , March 2009

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