title: The hypoglossal-facial nerve repair as a method to improve recovery of motor function after facial nerve injury.
abstract: Nerve repair after facial nerve injury provides neural input to the distal facial nerve and facial musculature via a variety of motor nerves such as hypoglossal, spinal accessory, masseteric branch of the trigeminal nerve and motor branches of the cervical plexus. The most commonly used procedure is the hypoglossal-facial nerve transfer. This cross-nerve paradigm is a unique nerve repair method as one motor nerve takes over the function of another motor nerve. The hypoglossal-facial nerve repair was reviewed by means of history, terminology, technical variations, and its capacity for recovery of function.
authors: Department of Anatomy, Akdeniz University Faculty of Medicine, Antalya, Turkey.
authors: Umut
authors: U
authors: Ozsoy
authors: Arzu
authors: A
authors: Hizay
authors: Bahadir Murat
authors: BM
authors: Demirel
authors: Ozlem
authors: O
authors: Ozsoy
authors: Sureyya
authors: S
authors: Bilmen Sarikcioglu
authors: Murat
authors: M
authors: Turhan
authors: Levent
authors: L
authors: Sarikcioglu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D020220:Facial Nerve Injuries / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007002:Hypoglossal Nerve / Q000502:physiology / Q000601:surgery*; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D016067:Nerve Transfer / Q000379:methods*; D051381:Rats; D020127:Recovery of Function / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors