Expert Consensus on Facial Reanimation with Masseteric-to-facial Nerve Transposition (2023)
10.3760/cma.j.cn441206-20231115-00077
- VernacularTitle:应用咬肌神经转位术进行面神经修复的专家共识（2023）
- Author:
Wenjin WANG
1
;
Wei WANG
;
Zhigang CAI
;
Tong JI
;
Lianjun LU
;
Song LIU
;
Xuesong LIU
;
Chengyuan WANG
;
Zhaoyan WANG
;
Zhen WU
;
Chuan YANG
;
Yasheng YUAN
;
Chenping ZHANG
;
Ping ZHONG
Author Information
1. 上海交通大学医学院附属第九人民医院整复外科,上海 200011
- Keywords:
Masseteric nerve transposition;
Facial paralysis;
Facial nerve;
Nerve transposition;
Expert consensus
- From:
Chinese Journal of Microsurgery
2023;46(6):605-618
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Facial paralysis causes both physical pain and psychological distress to patients. It is difficult for a patient with facial paralysis to engage with a normal social life and at work. Progresses have been made in recent years in the treatment of facial paralysis. More attentions have been caught by masseteric to facial nerve transposition, which has advantages of adjacency in location, abundancy in nerve supply and reliability in the outcome and now has deemed an important option of facial reanimation. It has not been long since the application of the technique of masseteric to facial nerve transposition in China, therefore it still lacks a universal guidance on practice. In order to achieve the aim of better quality control and popularisation of the technique, hereby a consensus with suggestions on facial reanimation with masseteric to facial nerve transposition is proposed as the reference for surgeons specialised in facial reanimation. This consensus is proposed, discussed and drafted by experts from plastic and reconstructive surgery, oral and maxillofacial surgery, head and neck surgery and neurosurgery.
