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ReviewNeurosurgical review2021

A comprehensive review of the great auricular nerve graft.

Cassidy Werner, Anthony V D'Antoni, Joe Iwanaga, Koichi Watanabe, Aaron S Dumont, R Shane Tubbs

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Review in Neurosurgical review, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 44% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. New 3-D Technologies in Salivary Gland Surgery: The Exoscope-Assisted Surgery for Treatment of Benign Tumors of Parotid Gland.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Cassidy WernerDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, 131 S. Robertson St. Suite 1300, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
Anthony V D'AntoniPhysician Assistant Program, Wagner College, Staten Island, NY, USA.
Joe IwanagaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, 131 S. Robertson St. Suite 1300, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA. iwanagajoeca@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8502-7952
Koichi WatanabeDivision of Gross and Clinical Anatomy, Department of Anatomy, Kurume University School of Medicine, 67 Asahi-machi, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
Aaron S DumontDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, 131 S. Robertson St. Suite 1300, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
R Shane TubbsDepartment of Neurosurgery, Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences, Tulane University School of Medicine, 131 S. Robertson St. Suite 1300, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
Tulane University · USKurume University · JPCornell University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The great auricular nerve (GAN) is a superficial branch of the cervical plexus that innervates parts of the mandible, auricle, and earlobe. Over the past 30 years, the GAN has become the nerve graft donor of choice for many surgeons for reconstructing injured facial nerves. In this review, we discuss the anatomy and function of the GAN, while focusing on surgical landmarks and the characteristics that make it a suitable nerve graft donor. In addition, we present and summarize published case reports on use of the GAN for grafting. We hope that this review will provide surgeons with an up-to-date and concise reference.

Indexed as

Cervical PlexusMandibleCadaverFacial NerveHumansNeurosurgical ProceduresAnatomyDonorGreat auricular nerveInternal jugular veinNerve graftRecipientSternocleidomastoid muscle

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PMID33083927
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