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Study on anatomic landmarks for localization of temporal branches of the facial nerve in adult Viet people
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Objective: To describe anatomic landmarks for localization of temporal branches of the facial nerve in adult Viet people. Subject and method: 12 hemi-faces (right: 7, left: 5) of Vietnamese cadavers (average age: 73.00 ± 13.39: 52 - 88 years, 4 men and 3 women). Method: Cross-sectional description with analysis. Result and conclusion: The average orientation angle from where divide of the temporal branch and the supraorbital nerve (point O) to where the fronto-temporal branches access into the frontalis muscle (point: Gj) was 10.17 ± 2.85 degrees (8 - 16 degrees). The average angle α1 (d - d3) was 51.50 ± 2.90 degrees (47 - 57 degrees). The average angle α2 (d2 - d3) was 59.92 ± 5.03 degrees (51 - 68 degrees). The average angle β1 (d - d4) was 39.58 ± 3.34 degrees (35 - 45 degrees). The average angle β2 (d2 - d4) was 51.33 ± 9.47 degrees (44 - 79 degrees).
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