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Masseter-to-facial nerve transfer for facial nerve reanimation

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Smooth symmetric facial muscle function is important for social interactions. When lesions of the facial nerve occur, achieving complete restoration of balanced and spontaneous facial function can be challenging. In this video, the authors demonstrate the surgical details and long-term follow-up of a masseter-to-facial nerve transfer in a 3-year-old girl who had insidious onset of a left facial palsy due to a facial nerve schwannoma. After resection, she underwent distal nerve repair with a masseter-to-zygomatic branch transfer. She demonstrated decreased lagophthalmos and good activation and excursion on the left side with near symmetry to the right side, but lacked left frontalis function. The video can be found here: https://stream.cadmore.media/r10.3171/2022.9.FOCVID22107.

Source: Neurosurgical Focus Video

DOI: 10.3171/2022.9.focvid22107

Authors: Hussam Abou-Al-Shaar, Michael Karsy, Ilyas M. Eli, Jayant P. Agarwal, Barbu Gociman, Mark A. Mahan

Institutions: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Utah, Saint Thomas - Rutherford Hospital

Language: English

Topic: Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research

Subfield: Neurology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4313439727