British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages e18-e20 , June 2010

TMJ arthroscopy: rare neurological complications associated with breach of the skull base

  • Shinali Patel

      Affiliations

    • UCLH Head and Neck Centre, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Waseem Jerjes

      Affiliations

    • UCLH Head and Neck Centre, London, United Kingdom
    • Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Tahwinder Upile

      Affiliations

    • UCLH Head and Neck Centre, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Colin Hopper

      Affiliations

    • UCLH Head and Neck Centre, London, United Kingdom
    • Unit of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, UCL Eastman Dental Institute, London, United Kingdom
    • Department of Surgery, University College London Medical School, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Head & Neck Centre, University College Hospital, 1st Floor East Wing, 250 Euston Road, London NW1 2PG, United Kingdom.

,Accepted 18 December 2009.

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PII: S0266-4356(10)00019-7

doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2009.12.012

British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume 48, Issue 4 , Pages e18-e20 , June 2010

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