A 19-year-old woman had three episodes of left facial paralysis, each with complete resolution. The initial computed tomographic (CT) scan was interpreted as normal (Fig 1A). The patient returned 1 year later with recurrent facial paralysis. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging showed a mass at the geniculate turn (Fig 1B). Retrospective review of the initial CT findings revealed expansion of the di...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS Evaluate outcomes of the standard static sling and orthodromic temporalis tendon transfer reanimation for facial nerve paralysis. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective case series at a tertiary care hospital of head and neck cancer patients with facial nerve palsy secondary to malignancy or resection. METHODS From 2004 to 2014, patients undergoing resection of malignancy that inv...

INTRODUCTION Intrapetrous cholesteatoma can be recalled with regard of facial paralysis, mixed deafness, cholesteatoma visible under an otoscopy and some characteristic signs in imaging. Its treatment is a real dilemma between its complete exeresis and the preservation of the facial nerve. METHODOLOGY We studied the diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of the 7 operated cases from 1994 to 2004....

CONTEXT Facial palsy is a common problem encountered in clinical practice. These patients suffer serious functional, cosmetic & psychological problems with impaired ability to communicate. Functional problems around the eye are usually a first priority for the patient with facial palsy.The nerve to masseter as a direct nerve transfer to the zygomatic branch of facial nerve to reinnervate viable...

Introduction There are no established doctrines for treating Bells facial nerve paralysis (Bell's palsy), as there are still controversies in relation to the etiology of the disease. According to available sources 75% of all patients experience minor damage to the myelin sheath, thus usually recovering spontaneously and with no particular treatment. However, the rest of the patients may, withou...

BACKGROUND Iatrogenic facial nerve paralysis is a devastating surgical complication that occasionally results in litigation. OBJECTIVE To analyze litigation trends to better understand the causes and outcomes of suits involving facial nerve paralysis to prevent future litigation and improve physician education. DESIGN Retrospective review. SETTING All US civil trials. PARTICIPANTS All s...

Electrophysiological studies of a patient with cephalic tetanus, manifested by trismus and unilateral facial palsy, revealed that the trismus resulted from strictly unilateral masseter spasm which stopped during sleep, a normal silent period in the involved masseter muscles, initially prolonged distal latency of the paretic orbicularis muscles, and abnormal continuous muscle activity in the par...

Objectives Discussion of a rare case of angioleiomyoma involving the geniculate ganglion and the intratemporal facial nerve segment and its surgical treatment. Design Case report. Setting Presence of an expansive lesion englobing the geniculate ganglion without any lesion to the cerebellopontine angle. Participants A 45-year-old man with a grade III facial paralysis according to the House-Brack...

Accidental injury to the facial nerve where the bony canal defects are present may result with facial nerve dysfunction during otological surgery. Therefore, it is critical to know the incidence and the type of facial nerve dehiscences in the presence of normal development of the facial canal. The aim of this study is to review the site and the type of such bony defects in 144 patients operated...

OBJECTIVE This study compared extracapsular dissection (ED) vs superficial parotidectomy (SP) in the treatment of pleomorphic adenoma and benign parotid tumors. STUDY DESIGN The research covered the years 1950-2011 in PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Scopus. Of 1152 articles screened, 123 studies met the inclusion criteria. A review of the nomenclature of...