Use of posterior belly digastric branch of the facial nerve to identify facial nerve trunk in doing parotidectomy

Introduction: The identification of the Facial nerve in parotid surgery stands as a stiff challenge till date. Various different pointers with numerical measurements have been identified. But these landmarks can differ between various race, sex or the presence of a tumour. Tracking the branch to pos...

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Main Authors: Jyotirmoy Phookan, Bijit Kumar Saikia, Taufeequl Islam, Bibhuti Das, Rakesh Talukdar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-03-01
Series:Advances in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667147623000808