Peripheral nerve injuries lead to a variety of pathological conditions, including paresis or paralysis when the injury involves motor axons. We have been studying ways to enhance the regeneration of peripheral nerves using daily electrical stimulation (ES) following a facial nerve crush injury. In our previous studies, ES was not initiated until 24 h after injury. The current experiment tested ...

Objective Define the number and type of facial and penetrating neck injuries sustained in combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2011 to 2016. Compare recent injury trends to prior years of modern conflict. Study Design Case series with chart review. Setting Tertiary care hospital. Methods The Joint Theater Trauma Registry (JTTR) was queried for facial and neck injuries from Iraq and Af...

OBJECTIVES To describe the epidemiology of facial trauma injuries in a group of Chilean children aged 15 years or less. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective study of case series. Between 2006 and 2009, clinical records of 293,090 patients were reviewed. Data of patients with trauma injuries to the face were collected and evaluated for: age, sex, day and month of hospital admission, cause of injury, ana...

INTRODUCTION This study aims to review the management and discuss the outcome of patients with iatrogenic facial nerve palsy. METHODS 11 patients with iatrogenic facial nerve palsy (FNP) were evaluated retrospectively in a tertiary centre between June 1995 and September 2008. All the cases were referred from other centres. RESULTS Ten patients had iatrogenic immediate FNP secondary to masto...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of corticosteroid administration on functional recovery and cell survival in the facial motor nucleus (FMN) following crush injury in adult and juvenile mice and to evaluate the relationship between functional recovery and facial motoneuron survival. METHODS A prospective blinded analysis of functional recovery and cell survival in the FMN after crush injury i...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of the present paper was to carry out a longitudinal study of a series of cases in which injury of the facial nerve was observed following surgery for the treatment of temporomandibular ankylosis. STUDY DESIGN The sample was composed of 13 patients, both male and female, in whom 18 surgical approaches were made. A postoperative assessment of the motor function of the fac...

Any type of facial bone fracture creates a lot discomfort for the child as well stress parent or caregiver. The most common injury in early childhood is mandible, which occurs sequence condylar fracture, symphysis/parasymphysis and mandibular body. Depending on severity injury, jaw can be mildly displaced substantially displaced. This case study demonstrates how arch bar stabilisation simple ef...

OBJECTIVE To study the relation between traumatic birth and the development of permanent facial palsy in the newborn. DESIGN Retrospective case control study of children with 'congenital' facial palsy. SETTING Two tertiary referral centres for patients with facial palsy. SUBJECTS 61 children with established facial palsy. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Odds ratios of recognised factors for birth...

Nerve injury leads to the induction of a large number of genes to repair the damage and to restore synaptic transmission. We have attempted to identify molecules whose mRNA expression is altered in response to facial nerve axotomy. Here we report that facial nerve axotomy upregulates Sonic hedgehog (Shh) and its receptor Smoothened (Smo) in facial motor neurons of adult rats, whereas facial ner...

AIM To study the epidemiology of ocular injuries in patients with major trauma in the UK, determining the incidence and causes of ocular injuries, and their association with facial fractures. METHODS A retrospective analysis of the Trauma Audit Research Network database from 1989 to 2004, looking at data from 39,073 patients with major trauma. RESULTS Of the 39,073 patients with major traum...