title: Management of traumatic injuries to the facial nerve.
abstract: Penetrating and nonpenetrating trauma to the head and neck produces myriad injuries to the facial nerve. This article presents a rationale of management of neural injury, emphasizing extracranial and intratemporal trauma and techniques of neurorrhaphy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Communicative Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Coker
mesh_terms: D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000601:surgery; D020220:Facial Nerve Injuries; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D011379:Prognosis; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000293:injuries; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000150:complications