Rehabilitation of the paralyzed face addresses both the physical and psychological aspects
of facial disability. Individuals with facial palsy suffer from lack of facial expression, as well as …

Objectives A systematic review was conducted to investigate the effect of peripheral facial
palsy (PFP) on the quality of life (QoL). Secondly, we investigated if different treatment …

In this study we provide a compilation of functional impairments before and improvements
after face transplantation (FT) of five FT recipients of our institution and all FTs reported in …

Importance Facial paralysis can contribute to disfigurement, psychological difficulties, and
an inability to convey emotion via facial expression. In patients unable to perform a …

Synkinetic facial movement develops following facial nerve injury. It manifests as involuntary
movement in the presence of voluntary movement. Any form of facial nerve repair …

Background: Bilateral facial palsy is a rare clinical entity caused by myriad disparate
conditions requiring different treatment paradigms. Lyme disease, Guillain-Barré syndrome …

Introduction Synkinesis refers to abnormal involuntary facial movements that accompany
volitional facial movements. Despite a 55% incidence of synkinesis reported in patients with …

The management of acute facial nerve insult may entail medical therapy, surgical
exploration, decompression, or repair depending on the etiology. When recovery is not …

Background: Synkinetic patients often fail to produce a satisfactory smile because of
antagonistic action of a hypertonic depressor anguli oris muscle and concomitantly weak …

Many transient facial nerve insults, including Bell's palsy, Ramsay Hunt syndrome, Lyme-
associated facial paralysis, and temporal bone fractures, ultimately lead to nonflaccid facial …