title: Surgery of the facial nerve.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: 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