Facial paralysis can be a devastating condition, causing disfiguring facial droop, slurred speech, eye dryness, scarring and blindness. This study investigated the utility of closed-loop functional electric stimulation (FES) for reanimating paralyzed facial muscles in a quantitative rodent model. The right buccal and marginal mandibular branches of the rat facial nerve were transected for selec...

In this review, the first four papers deal with an important chapter in peripheral nerve surgery: cranial nerve reconstruction after injury occurring during skull base surgery. The last paper discusses the problem of peripheral nerves affected by a ganglion cyst. Damage to a cranial nerve is no longer considered to be an absolutely irreparable event. The first two studies are related to facial ...

OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to determine the various anatomical and surgical relationships between the facial and hypoglossal nerves to define the required length of each for a nerve transfer, either by means of a classical hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis or combined with any of its variants developed to reduce tongue morbidities. METHODS Five adult cadaver heads were bilaterall...

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Failure of the mimic muscles as a cause facial nerve paralysis may result in significant asymmetry, which can be addressed by surgical reanimation procedures. Among those, temporalis muscle transfer advocated McLaughlin is single-stage technique for dynamic mouth. Despite increasing research directed at women’s health, gender-specific differences this have not yet been addressed. Thus, we retro...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Ayça Taş Tuna, Sakarya Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Anabilim Dalı, Sakarya, Türkiye Phone: +90 532 300 48 26 E-mail: [email protected] ©Copyright 2015 by Turkish Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Society Available online at www.jtaics.org Received: 11.05.2014 Accepted: 19.06.2014 Available Online Date: 05.02.2015 Ayça Taş Tuna1, Fikr...