Unilateral facial paralysis is a common condition: 1 in every 60 people will experience Bell's
palsy during the course of their life, and the residual deficits are particularly problematic for …

For patients diagnosed with advanced malignant parotid tumour, radical parotidectomy with
facial nerve sacrifice is part of the treatment. Multiple surgical techniques have been …

OBJECTIVE Facial palsy is a well-known functional and esthetic problem that bothers most
patients and affects their social relationships. When the time between the onset of paralysis …

Background Parotid spread tumor may occasion wide defect with facial nerve sacrifice. We
report our one time reconstruction experience of this defect using a thoracodorsal artery …

Nerve transfer procedures have the potential to restore innervation and function to the native
facial musculature. This review summarizes the existing literature on facial nerve injury …

Recent facial paralyses, in which fibrillations of the mimetic muscles are still detectable by
electromyography (EMG), allow facial reanimation based on giving new neural stimuli to …

In this study, we aimed to reveal the long-term impact of radiotherapy on recovery of facial
animation function after facial nerve repair using sural nerve grafting in patients undergoing …

The extracranial facial nerve may be sacrificed together with the parotid gland during a
radical parotidectomy, and immediate reconstruction of the facial nerve is essential to …

The peripheral nervous system has an extensive branching organization, and peripheral
nerve injuries that ablate branch points present a complex challenge for clinical repair …

Oncological surgery of the parotid region sometimes requires the sacrifice of the facial nerve
(parotid cancers, extensive skin cancers of the face, soft tissue sarcomas). The sacrificed …