Facial nerve reconstruction.
A retrospective study on 21 patients who had a reconstruction of their facial nerve was undertaken by means of a new photographic method of evaluation. The average of recuperation results was 62.38 per cent. Eighty-five per cent of the patients achieved a good or excellent evaluation. The only individual parameter that showed some influence on the outcome of the surgery was the length of the graft. Compared with a short graft (smaller than or equal to 1 cm), the long graft (larger than or equal to 1 cm) is associated with better results. Good and excellent results appeared available for patients whose pre-operative palsy had lasted from 18 to 36 months.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D000159:Vestibulocochlear Nerve / Q000637:transplantation