Iatrogenic lesions of the facial nerve during parotid surgery for pleomorphic adenoma

Colella, G.; Strano, M.F.; Tartaro, G.P.

Minerva Stomatologica 44(12): 591-596

1995


ISSN/ISBN: 0026-4970
PMID: 8725077
Document Number: 454139
The authors, after a survey of the literature, describe the injuries of the facial nerve during parotid surgery for pleomorphic adenoma. The facial nerve damages are often transient with total resolution, except where one or more branches are deliberately sacrificed for malignant tumors or recurrence.

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