Anatomical Variations of the Facial Nerve in First Branchial Cleft Anomalies
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Anatomical variations of the facial nerve in first branchial cleft anomalies.
OBJECTIVE To review our experience with branchial cleft anomalies, with special attention to their subtypes and anatomical relationship to the facial nerve. STUDY DESIGN Case series. SETTING Tertiary care center. PATIENTS Ten patients who underwent resection for anomalies of the first branchial cleft, with at least 1 year of follow-up, were included in the study. The data from all cases w...
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Methods: We conducted a retrospective chart review of all patients consecutively referred to the senior authors at a tertiary-care Pediatric Otolaryngology clinic for fi rst branchial cleft anomalies over a 14-year period. Patients underwent computerized tomography scan with contrast, otoscopy plus tympanic microsurgery, when indicated (29%), methylene blue mapping of the cutaneous opening, whe...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0886-4470
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.3.351