End-to-Trunk Masseteric to Facial Nerve Transfer With Selective Neurectomy for Facial Reanimation.

Objective: To examine functional outcomes following end-to-trunk masseteric to facial nerve transfer in patients with chronic flaccid facial paralysis.

Design: Retrospective chart review.

Setting: Tertiary-care private practice setting.

Facial nerve management in patients with malignant skull base tumors.

Introduction: The course of the facial nerve through the cerebellopontine angle, temporal bone, and parotid gland puts the nerve at risk in cases of malignancy. In contrast to Bell's palsy, which presents with acute facial paralysis, malignancies cause gradual or fluctuating weakness.

Methods: We review malignancies affecting the facial nerve, including those involving the temporal bone, parotid gland, and cerebellopontine angle, in addition to metastatic disease.

Single-incision sural nerve harvest: Technical considerations for cross-facial nerve grafting.

b.a. is the senior author and performed all of the procedures described, and conceptualized and edited the article.