Hypoglossal nerve transfer for facial nerve paralysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

OA Hamdi, MK Jones, J Ziegler, A Basu… - Facial Plastic Surgery & …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Background: Hypoglossal-facial nerve (12-7) anastomosis can restore symmetry and
voluntary movement on the face in patients with facial nerve paralysis. Traditional 12-7 …

Facial Reanimation After Intratemporal Facial Nerve Schwannoma Resection: A Systematic Review

AN Varelas, EA Varelas, E Kay-Rivest… - Facial Plastic Surgery …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Objective: To systematically analyze the outcomes of reanimation techniques that have been
described for patients undergoing non-fascicle sparing resection of intratemporal facial …

[HTML][HTML] Task force of the Brazilian Society of Otology—evaluation and management of peripheral facial palsy

HF Pauna, VAR Silva, J Lavinsky… - Brazilian journal of …, 2024 - SciELO Brasil
Objective To review key evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment
of peripheral facial palsy in children and adults. Methods Task force members were …

Surgery for facial palsy in the hands of otorhinolaryngologists: a population-based study

E Alberts, J Ballmaier, D Boeger, J Buentzel… - European Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose Modern facial surgery can improve eye closure and address facial functional and
emotional expression disabilities in case of severe acute facial paralysis with low probability …

Composite sterno-omohyoid functional muscle transfer for dual-vector smile reanimation: a case series

MH Hohman, JS Krivda, MW Herr… - Facial plastic surgery …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Background: Facial reanimation flaps often add bulk and produce single-vector smiles, and
multivector flaps frequently require challenging intramuscular dissection. Objective: To …

Masseteric-facial anastomosis and hypoglossal-facial anastomosis after lateral skull base and middle ear surgery

L Lauda, V Sykopetrites, A Caruso… - European Archives of …, 2024 - Springer
Introduction Lateral skull base (LSB) and middle ear pathologies often involve the facial
nerve (FN), and their treatment may require FN sacrifice. Cases with unidentifiable proximal …

Resect, rewire, and restore: Nerve transfer salvage of neurological deficits associated with soft tissue tumors in a retrospective cohort series at a tertiary reconstructive …

AM Jawad, LS Duraku, F Susini, T Chaudhry… - Journal of Plastic …, 2023 - Elsevier
Aims We aimed to explore the effectiveness of nerve transfer as an intervention to restore
neurological deficits caused by extremity tumors through direct nerve involvement, neural …

[HTML][HTML] Reanimation Techniques of Peripheral Facial Paralysis: A Comprehensive Review Focusing on Surgical and Bioengineering Approaches

C Saraniti, B Verro - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2024 - mdpi.com
Peripheral facial paralysis represents a disabling condition with serious psychological and
social impact. Patients with peripheral facial paralysis have a disfigurement of the face with …

Facial nerve reconstruction for flaccid facial paralysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

F Zumbusch, P Schlattmann… - Frontiers in Surgery, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Objectives To determine the functional outcome after facial nerve reconstruction surgery in
patients with flaccid facial paralysis. Methods A systematic review and meta-analysis was …

[HTML][HTML] Lymph node metastasis from non-melanoma skin cancer

RSR Woods, JFC Woods, CWR Fitzgerald… - Journal of Cancer …, 2022 - oaepublish.com
The management of non-melanoma skin cancers metastatic to the neck is challenging due
to variability in biological behavior and patterns of regional lymphatic spread. Metastatic non …