this review includes information drawn from pertinent literature , from the author 's experience managing 139 patients undergoing temporal bone surgery for a variety of facial nerve disorders between 1974 and 1981 , from an analysis of 43 of our patients whose hearing was evaluated before transmastoid facial nerve surgery and again 6 months after surgery , and from the experiences of colleagues .
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of facial nerve disorders
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facial nerve