Facial nerve monitoring has been increasingly routinely used as an intraoperative
adjunctive method to help the head and neck surgeon to identify and minimize facial nerve …

To report the standard of care, interesting new findings and controversies about the
treatment of parotid tumors. Relevant and actual studies were searched in PubMed and …

Background Enhancing patient outcomes in an array of surgical procedures in the head and
neck requires the maintenance of complex regional functions through the protection of …

Objective To develop a more reliable methodology for monitoring the facial nerve in
surgeries of vascular malformations where the extracranial segment of the nerve is at risk …

This observational study investigated intraoperative electrophysiological changes and their
correlation with postoperative facial expressions in parotidectomy patients with visual …

Objectives To investigate a method for predicting postoperative facial nerve paralysis
(POFNP) during parotid surgery using intraoperative nerve monitoring (IONM). Methods We …

Objectives/Hypothesis Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) injury during thyroidectomy or
parathyroidectomy is a challenging issue and causes significant morbidity. We adopted the …

Intraoperative facial nerve monitoring (FNM) has been widely accepted as an adjunct during
parotid surgery to facilitate identification of the facial nerve (FN) main trunk, dissection of FN …

Materials and Methods: From 2007 to 2012, 128 parotidectomies were performed in 125
patients. Of these, 47 procedures were performed without facial nerve monitoring (group 1) …

The aim of this study is to assess the effect of partial superficial parotidectomy and facial
nerve dissection to electrophysiologic parameters of intraoperative facial nerve monitoring …