Alternative to tarsorrhaphy in peripheral facial nerve palsy with expectation of functional recovery

1984 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 405-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo Fernandez ◽  
Roberto Pallini ◽  
Giulio Maira
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Functional Recovery ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Simple Technique ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Nerve Function ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Opening And Closing ◽  
Fine Print

✓ A simple technique is described for protecting the cornea in patients with peripheral facial nerve palsy while waiting for recovery of nerve function. The application of an adhesive strip to the superior eyelid permits opening and closing of the eye, and provides good protection of the cornea.

Aneurysm-induced third nerve palsy

1972 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 548-551 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iftikhar A. Raja
Keyword(s):  
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ◽  
Functional Recovery ◽  
Poor Prognosis ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Nerve Function ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Third Nerve Palsy ◽  
Carotid Ligation ◽  
Third Nerve ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Forty-two patients with aneurysm-induced third nerve palsy are described. After carotid ligation, 58% showed satisfactory and 42% unsatisfactory functional recovery. In some patients the deficit continued to increase even after carotid ligation. Early ligation provided a better chance of recovery of third nerve function. Patients in whom third nerve palsy began after subarachnoid hemorrhage had a poor prognosis. No relationship was noted between the size of the aneurysm and the recovery of third nerve function.

Intracranial hypoglossal schwannoma as an unusual cause of facial nerve palsy

1982 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 420-423 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eugen J. Dolan ◽  
William S. Tucker ◽  
Dov Rotenberg ◽  
Mario Chui
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Temporal Bone ◽  
Facial Palsy ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Hypoglossal Schwannoma ◽  
Fine Print

✓ A case is presented in which facial palsy resulted from a hypoglossal schwannoma encircling the nerve in its course through the temporal bone.

Facial nerve injury in acoustic neuroma (vestibular schwannoma) surgery: etiology and prevention

1997 ◽  
Vol 87 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Prakash Sampath ◽  
Michael J. Holliday ◽  
Henry Brem ◽  
John K. Niparko ◽  
Donlin M. Long
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Nerve Injury ◽  
Acoustic Neuroma ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Nerve Function ◽  
Facial Nerve Function ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Facial Nerve Injury ◽  
Acoustic Neuroma Surgery ◽  
Fine Print

✓ Facial nerve injury associated with acoustic neuroma surgery has declined in incidence but remains a clinical concern. A retrospective analysis of 611 patients surgically treated for acoustic neuroma between 1973 and 1994 was undertaken to understand patterns of facial nerve injury more clearly and to identify factors that influence facial nerve outcome. Anatomical preservation of the facial nerve was achieved in 596 patients (97.5%). In the immediate postoperative period, 62.1% of patients displayed normal or near-normal facial nerve function (House—Brackmann Grade 1 or 2). This number rose to 85.3% of patients at 6 months after surgery and by 1 year, 89.7% of patients who had undergone acoustic neuroma surgery demonstrated normal or near-normal facial nerve function. The surgical approach appeared to have no effect on the incidence of facial nerve injury. Poor facial nerve outcome (House—Brackmann Grade 5 or 6) was seen in 1.58% of patients treated via the suboccipital approach and in 2.6% of patients treated via the translabyrinthine approach. When facial nerve outcome was examined with respect to tumor size, there clearly was an increased incidence of facial nerve palsy seen in the immediate postoperative period in cases of larger tumors: 60.8% of patients with tumors smaller than 2.5 cm had normal facial nerve function, whereas only 37.5% of patients with tumors larger than 4 cm had normal function. This difference was less pronounced, however, 6 months after surgery, when 92.1% of patients with tumors smaller than 2.5 cm had normal or near normal facial function, versus 75% of patients with tumors larger than 4 cm. The etiology of facial nerve injury is discussed with emphasis on the pathophysiology of facial nerve palsy. In addition, on the basis of the authors' experience with these complex tumors, techniques of preventing facial nerve injury are discussed.

Differential diagnosis of peripheral facial nerve palsy: a retrospective clinical, MRI and CSF-based study

2019 ◽  
Vol 266 (10) ◽  
pp. 2488-2494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Zimmermann ◽  
Sarah Jesse ◽  
Jan Kassubek ◽  
Elmar Pinkhardt ◽  
Albert C. Ludolph
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Clinical Mri

Internal Carotid Artery Dissection: A Rare Cause of Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Fioravanti ◽  
Giulia Vinceti ◽  
Annalisa Chiari ◽  
Elena Canali ◽  
Paolo Frigio Nichelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carotid Artery ◽  
Internal Carotid Artery ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Internal Carotid ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Carotid Artery Dissection ◽  
Artery Dissection ◽  
Internal Carotid Artery Dissection ◽  
Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy

Predicting recovery of facial nerve function following injury from a basilar skull fracture

1991 ◽  
Vol 75 (5) ◽  
pp. 759-762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew B. Adegbite ◽  
Moe I. Khan ◽  
L. Tan
Keyword(s):  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Recovery Of Function ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Complete Recovery ◽  
Partial Recovery ◽  
Nerve Function ◽  
Facial Nerve Function ◽  
Partial Lesion

✓ Twenty-five patients with posttraumatic facial nerve palsy were studied. Partial recovery of function had occurred in 95% of these patients by 18 months after injury. At 5 months posttrauma, there was some recovery in 92.5% of those with a partial lesion compared with 10% of those with a complete lesion. This difference attains statistical significance. Complete recovery of nerve function had occurred by 10.5 months in 53.5% of the patients; in 62% of patients with a partial lesion, complete recovery had occurred by 4 months compared with 0% in those with a complete lesion. This difference also attains statistical significance. There was no statistically significant difference in recovery of function between patients with an immediate as opposed to a delayed onset of facial nerve palsy. It was determined that the degree of palsy had a statistically significant influence on recovery of facial nerve function, whereas the time of onset did not. The data presented support a conservative approach to these injuries and it is recommended that the possibility of surgical treatment should be entertained in patients with complete facial palsy persisting for 12 to 18 months after injury.

Facial muscle reanimation by transcutaneous electrical stimulation for peripheral facial nerve palsy

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eeva Mäkelä ◽  
Hanna Venesvirta ◽  
Mirja Ilves ◽  
Jani Lylykangas ◽  
Ville Rantanen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Facial Nerve ◽  
Nerve Palsy ◽  
Facial Nerve Palsy ◽  
Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation ◽  
Facial Muscle ◽  
Peripheral Facial Nerve Palsy
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