[Treating defective damage of facial nerve with great auricular nerve grafting covered by pediculated fascial tube].
OBJECTIVE
To study the curative effect of grafting great auricular nerve with pediculated fascial tube in defective damage of facial nerve.


METHODS
All the 7 patients in this study were treated by grafting great auricular nerve covered by pediculated fascial tube near facial nerve trunk.


RESULTS
Four cases with otogenic facial paralysis had grade III - IV recovery of facial nerve function from two to two and half years after the nerve grafting operation. Three patients post-traumatic facial paralysis had grade III recovery of facial nerve function 2 years after the nerve grafting operation.


CONCLUSIONS
The grafting of pediculated fascial tube surrounded great auricular nerve can provide a biological environment with better blood supply for the plerosis and regeneration of nerve and can accelerate the functional recovery of nerves after the nerve grafting.
Jiang
Li-xin
LX
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Guangzhou Hospital of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Guangzhou 510620, China. entjiaug@263.net
Zhang
Shu-fen
SF
Yu
Xiu-e
XE
Jiao
Yue-long
YL
D000328:Adult; D002572:Cervical Plexus / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016067:Nerve Transfer