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Hypoglossal facial nerve anastomosis forpost-operative and post-traumaticcomplete facialnerve paralysis
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Abstract
The facial paralysis patient suffers serious functional, cosmetic,and psychological problems with impaired ability to communicate. The end to end hypoglossal-facial nerveanastomosis remains the gold standard procedure with satisfyingresults in cases of viable distal facial stump and non-atrophicmuscles. Early hypoglossal-facial anastomotic repair after acute facial nerveinjury is associated with better long-term facial function outcomesand should be considered in the management algorithm