Facial nerve grafting: a thirty year retrospective review.
It is axiomatic that nerve grafting be considered as an integral part of every ablative or traumatic injury involving the extratemporal main trunk and branches of the facial nerve. Our experience with 170 autogenous grafts has established the efficacy of the technique and has proved the high regenerative and adaptive capacities of the facial nerve system.
D002572:Cervical Plexus / Q000637:transplantation; D004423:Ear / Q000294:innervation; D005149:Facial Expression; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000502:physiology; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009416:Nerve Regeneration / Q000528:radiation effects; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000637:transplantation*; D011878:Radiotherapy; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods