title: Facial nerve paralysis.
abstract: Emotions are communicated through facial expression. Happiness, confusion, and frustration can be expressed with a slight smile, eyebrow shift, or wrinkled nose. Injury to the facial nerve and subsequent inability of perform volitional mimetic movement can provoke anxiety. This article explores the causes, treatment, and prevention of facial nerve paralysis.
authors.affiliation: Tampa Bay Hearing and Balance Center, Otology/Neurotology/Skull Base Surgery, Harbourside Medical Tower, 4 Columbia Drive, Suite 610, Tampa, FL 33606, USA. cdanner@tampabayhearing.com
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Danner
mesh_terms: D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000637:transplantation; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D013497:Sural Nerve / Q000637:transplantation; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000293:injuries / Q000601:surgery; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000601:surgery