Peripheral nerve injury is a common clinical entity, which may arise due to traumatic,
tumorous, or even iatrogenic injury in craniomaxillofacial surgery. Despite advances in …

The management of facial paralysis continues to evolve. Understanding the facial nerve
anatomy and the different methods of evaluating the degree of facial nerve injury are crucial …

Background If a critical nerve is circumferentially involved with tumor, radical surgery
intended to cure the cancer must sacrifice the nerve. Loss of critical nerves may lead to …

Purpose: To create a systematic overview of the available reconstructive techniques, facial
nerve grading scales, physical evaluation, the reversibility of paralysis, non-reconstructive …

Background Reconstructive surgery of the facial nerve is not daily routine for most head and
neck surgeons. The published experience on strategies to ensure optimal functional results …

Purpose: To document the presence and location of new sensory nerve fibers after corneal
neurotization using in vivo confocal microscopy (IVCM) in 2 patients with neurotrophic …

The management of facial paralysis is one of the most complex areas of reconstructive
surgery. Given the wide variety of functional and cosmetic deficits in the facial paralysis …

OBJECTIVE: Early repair of facial nerve paralysis when cortical neural input cannot be
provided by the facial nerve nucleus, is generally accomplished anastomozing the …

The field of facial paralysis requires the reconstructive surgeon to apply a wide spectrum of
reconstructive and aesthetic principles, using a comprehensive array of surgical tools …

Spontaneous idiopathic facial nerve (Bell's) palsy leaves residual hemifacial weakness in
29% which is severe and disfiguring in over half of these cases. Acute medical management …