Facial Nerve Tumors
10.1055/b-0034-92460 Facial Nerve TumorsMichael Hoa, Eric P. Wilkinson, and Derald E. Brackmann Tumors of the facial nerve are rare causes of facial paralysis. Nonetheless, the possibility of neoplastic involvement of…
Neuromuscular Retraining: Nonsurgical Therapy for Facial Palsy
10.1055/b-0034-92471 Neuromuscular Retraining: Nonsurgical Therapy for Facial PalsyH. Jacqueline Diels and Carien H.G. Beurskens Neuromuscular retraining (NMR) is a patient-centered approach to the nonsurgical treatment of facial paralysis, paresis, and…
Synkinesis and Hyperkinesis
10.1055/b-0034-92472 Synkinesis and HyperkinesisBarry M. Schaitkin Unwanted facial nerve movement disorders take many forms. Hemifacial spasm is a unilateral hyperactivity that usually begins focally and may progress to involve all…
Acute Management of the Effects of Facial Paralysis
10.1055/b-0034-92465 Acute Management of the Effects of Facial ParalysisMichael B. Gluth and Marcus D. Atlas Clinical management issues related to acute facial paralysis can be divided into three categories. The…
Congenital Facial Weakness
10.1055/b-0034-92454 Congenital Facial WeaknessRandolph Sherman and Ronald M. Zuker Each of us enters this world in a profoundly dramatic way. Either by unrelenting naturally propulsive physical forces through vaginal birth…
Anatomy of the Facial Nerve and Associated Structures
10.1055/b-0034-92447 Anatomy of the Facial Nerve and Associated StructuresBradley W. Kesser The anatomy of the facial nerve beautifully illustrates the complexities of the human peripheral, central, and autonomic nervous systems….
Physiology of the Facial Nerve
10.1055/b-0034-92448 Physiology of the Facial NerveFelipe Santos and William H. Slattery III The facial nerve is the motor nerve of the face, scalp, auricle, and neck via the platysma. Mastication…
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Facial Paralysis
10.1055/b-0034-92453 Differential Diagnosis of Acute Facial ParalysisMaurizio Barbara Facial paralysis (FP) consists of weakness of the face musculature. The timing of this weakness usually is immediate, taking place within a…
Measurement of Facial Nerve Function
10.1055/b-0034-92451 Measurement of Facial Nerve FunctionJohn W. House and Mark Brandt Lorenz The House-Brackmann (HB) facial nerve grading scale was adopted as the official metric of the International Facial Nerve…
Medical Treatment of Bell Palsy
10.1055/b-0034-92456 Medical Treatment of Bell PalsyJeffrey T. Vrabec Understanding the pathogenesis of a disease is fundamental in designing therapy. Preceding chapters have presented the differential diagnosis of acute facial paralysis…
