Surgery of the facial nerve.
Microsurgical technique and new temporal bone operative procedures have revolutionized surgery of the facial nerve. The purpose of this paper is to describe the diagnostic evaluation of the patient with a facial paralysis including topographic site of lesion studies. Surgical techniques for exposing the facial nerve from the internal auditory canal to the stylomastoid foramen are discussed in detail.
D003390:Cranial Nerve Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000379:methods; D010031:Otitis / Q000150:complications; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000293:injuries