[Surgical treatment of leprous facial paralysis in Iran (author's transl)].
Leprous facial paralysis appears more frequent in Iran than in other countries. The damaged branch is more often the upper one inducing lagophtalmos and, sometimes, associated with a trigeminal anesthesia. The ocular risk is great. When the lower branch is struck down, it gives an inesthetic deformity and speaking difficulty. As a consequence, surgical treatment is necessary and directed: --against lagophtalmos, with static or dynamic methods, --against the ptosis of commissura labiorum with several techniques available.
D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000601:surgery; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications*
Traitement chirurgical de la paralysie faciale chez le lépreux en Iran.