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Glossopharyngeal exposure is simplified by dividing Charpy’s band and using it to retract the parotid. Displacement forward of the sub-mandibular gland then gives room to define the Bouquet of Riplan and locate the nerve.
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Read at the Cork Meeting of the Section of Anatomy and Physiology, R.A.M.I. June 1st, 1957. From the Department of Anatomy, Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
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Stranc, M.F. A fascial key for exposing the glossopharyngeal nerve. Ir J Med Sci 32, 513–515 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02954512
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02954512