Immediate Facial Reanimation Surgery Following Tumor Resection after Iatrogenic Complete Facial Nerve Palsy |
Jong-Sei Kim;Jae Keun Cho;Han-Sin Jeong;Young-Ik Son;Chung-Hwan Baek |
종양 절개생검 이후에 발생한 의인성 완전안면신경마비에서 즉각적인 안면신경마비 재건술에 대한 증례 1예 |
김종세;조재근;정한신;손영익;백정환 |
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Abstract |
Complete facial nerve palsy is emotionally and physiologically devastating condition. Management of patients with the facial nerve palsy poses significant challenges to achieve the goal of returning patients to their premor-bid state. We experienced a case of iatrogenic facial nerve palsy in a 66 year-old patient, who was diagnosed as facial nerve schwannoma with previous incisional biopsy. The author describes the management of this patient and reviews the literature. |
Key Words:
Facial nerve palsy, Facial reanimation, Facial nerve schwannoma, Nerve graft |