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Preserving the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve during submandibular region surgery: a cadaveric safety study.

Dimonge Joseph AnthonyBasnayaka Mudiyanselage Oshan Deshanjana BasnayakeYasith MathangasingheAjith Peiris Malalasekera
Published in: Patient safety in surgery (2018)
Course of the marginal mandibular nerve is complex. If the distance of the incision in the posterior submandibular approach is less than 2 cm from the inferior border of the mandible, there is a high probability of damaging the inferior ramus of the marginal mandibular branch of the facial nerve.
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