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Effects of electrostimulation therapy in facial nerve palsy
- Source :
- Archives of Plastic Surgery, Archives of Plastic Surgery, Vol 48, Iss 3, Pp 278-281 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Korean Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons, 2020.
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Abstract
- Facial palsy (FP) is a functional disorder of the facial nerve involving paralysis of the mimic muscles. According to the principle “time is muscle,” early surgical treatment is tremendously important for preserving the mimic musculature if there are no signs of nerve function recovery. In a 49-year-old female patient, even 19 months after onset of FP, successful neurotization was still possible by a V-to-VII nerve transfer and cross-face nerve grafting. Our patient suffered from complete FP after vestibular schwannoma surgery. With continuous application of electrostimulation (ES) therapy, the patient was able to bridge the period between the first onset of FP and neurotization surgery. The significance of ES for mimic musculature preservation in FP patients has not yet been fully clarified. More attention should be paid to this form of therapy in order to preserve the facial musculature, and its benefits should be evaluated in further prospective clinical studies.
- Subjects :
- medicine.medical_specialty
RD1-811
Case Report
Schwannoma
Functional disorder
03 medical and health sciences
Craniofacial
0302 clinical medicine
Paralysis
medicine
Neurotization
030223 otorhinolaryngology
Pediatric/Craniomaxillofacial/Head & Neck
Palsy
business.industry
medicine.disease
Facial nerve
Facial paralysis
Surgery
Nerve Transfer
Electrical stimulation
Cross face nerve graft
medicine.symptom
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22346171 and 22346163
- Volume :
- 48
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Plastic Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3808c2e5471a45532461dcd7f12a6e3b