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FACIAL NERVE

The value of preoperative CT scan of tympanic facial nerve canal in tympanomastoid surgery

Zilong YuDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
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Zhenchang WangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing
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Bentao YangDepartment of Radiology, Beijing TongRen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing
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Demin HanDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery;Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (Ministry of Education), Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, China
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Luo ZhangDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery;Key Laboratory of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery (Ministry of Education), Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 774-778 | Received 15 Nov 2010, Accepted 05 Jan 2011, Published online: 01 Apr 2011

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