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J Neurol Surg B Skull Base 2015; 76(06): 416-420
DOI: 10.1055/s-0034-1386652
Original Article
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Grading Facial Nerve Function Following Combined Static and Mimetic Surgical Techniques

John P. Leonetti
1   Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States
,
Sam J. Marzo
1   Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States
,
Douglas A. Anderson
2   Department of Neurological Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States
,
Joshua M. Sappington
1   Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, United States
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18 February 2013

27 May 2014

Publication Date:
22 May 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Objective To present a grading scale to assess the functional recovery of the facial nerve in patients who have undergone mimetic and static surgical techniques for facial reanimation.

Study design This is a proposed new facial nerve grading system that will be demonstrated with specific case presentations. All patients underwent a variety of neural grafting, microvascular free-flap reconstruction, or surgical static procedures.

Results The proposed facial nerve grading scale is one that has not been described previously in the literature and is applicable to a unique patient population. Its ease of use in this patient population will allow otolaryngologists to assess facial recovery accurately and quickly in cases where the facial nerve is not anatomically intact.

Conclusion The proposed facial recovery grading scale provides an efficient means of grading facial recovery for a unique group of patients who previously could not be followed. The proposed scale is practical and easy to use in a clinical setting.

Keywords

facial nerve paralysis - facial recovery - grading scale
 

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