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Minimally Invasive Thumb-sized Pterional Craniotomy for Surgical Clip Ligation of Unruptured Anterior Circulation Aneurysms
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Transient complete lower facial nerve palsy after craniotomy for aneurysm clipping
Ben Waldau1, Ali R Zomorodi, Gavin W Britz
1Department of Surgery (Neurosurgery), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. ben_waldau@hotmail.com
British Journal of Neurosurgery
|August 31, 2012
Abstract:
We present the case of a 41-year old female who developed a complete facial nerve palsy after an interhemispheric approach for clipping of a distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysm. Work-up revealed that she had developed acute parotitis during surgery, possibly from obstruction of the parotid duct by the tracheal tube.
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