A complication of intraoperative facial nerve monitoring: facial skin burns

Haenggeli, Charles-André; Richter, Michel Willy; Lehmann, Willy; Dulguerov, Pavel

Scientific article

Case report

English

A complication of intraoperative facial nerve monitoring: facial skin burns

ContributorsHaenggeli, Charles-André; Richter, Michel Willy; Lehmann, Willy; Dulguerov, Pavel

Published inThe American journal of otology, vol. 20, no. 5, p. 679-682

Publication date1999

Abstract

To report on three cases of severe facial skin burns resulting from intraoperative facial nerve monitoring in patients undergoing parotidectomies.

Keywords

Adult
Burns/etiology
Electrodes, Implanted/adverse effects
Electromyography/adverse effects/instrumentation
Equipment Design
Equipment Failure
Facial Injuries/etiology
Facial Nerve/physiology
Female
Humans
Intraoperative Complications/etiology
Male
Middle Aged
Monitoring, Intraoperative/adverse effects/instrumentation
Parotid Diseases/surgery
Retrospective Studies

Affiliation entities

Research groups

Groupe Dulguerov Pavel (ORL et chirurgie cervico-faciale) (145)

Citation (ISO format)

HAENGGELI, Charles-André et al. A complication of intraoperative facial nerve monitoring: facial skin burns. In: The American journal of otology, 1999, vol. 20, n° 5, p. 679–682.

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PID : unige:33170
PMID : 10503594

Journal ISSN0192-9763

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A complication of intraoperative facial nerve monitoring: facial skin burns

To report on three cases of severe facial skin burns resulting from intraoperative facial nerve monitoring in patients undergoing parotidectomies.

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