The hypoglossal-facial nerve repair as a method to improve recovery of motor function after facial nerve injury

ÖZSOY U., HİZAY A., Demirel B. M., ÖZSOY Ö., Bilmen Sarikcioglu S., TURHAN M., ...Daha Fazla

Annals of Anatomy, cilt.193, sa.4, ss.304-313, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 193 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.aanat.2011.01.009
  • Dergi Adı: Annals of Anatomy
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.304-313
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Facial nerve, Hypoglossal nerve, Recovery of function
  • Yozgat Bozok Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Nerve repair after facial nerve injury provides neural input to the distal facial nerve and facial musculature via a variety of motor nerves such as hypoglossal, spinal accessory, masseteric branch of the trigeminal nerve and motor branches of the cervical plexus. The most commonly used procedure is the hypoglossal-facial nerve transfer. This cross-nerve paradigm is a unique nerve repair method as one motor nerve takes over the function of another motor nerve. The hypoglossal-facial nerve repair was reviewed by means of history, terminology, technical variations, and its capacity for recovery of function. © 2011 Elsevier GmbH.