Patterns and timing of recovery from facial nerve palsy after nerve-sparing parotid surgery: the role of neuromuscular retraining.

Objectives: Among the complications of parotid surgery, facial palsy is frequent and burdened by high functional and social impact for the patient. There are few data on the efficacy of facial neuromuscular retraining (FNR) in patients with facial palsy after parotid surgery, and no data exist on its impact in timing and extent of recovery.

Material And Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on patients undergoing FN sparing parotid surgery and suffering from postoperative facial palsy.

Endoscopic approach to geniculate ganglion: a multicentric experience.

Purpose: A variety of lesions could arise from the GG area, or extend into this region from adjacent sites. The management of perigeniculate lesions includes observation, surgery, and radiation, according to the nature, the size of the lesion, and the accompanying symptoms. Preliminary experiences on the exclusive transcanal endoscopic approach to the GG area have shown safety and feasibility avoiding of any postauricular incision, or brain manipulation.

Results of Early Versus Intermediate or Delayed Voice Therapy in Patients With Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis: Our Experience in 171 Patients.

Objectives: Vocal fold paralysis can have an important impact on a patient's quality of life. The goal of this study was to compare, in terms of vocal improvement and motility recovery, the post-vocal treatment results of our patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis (UVFP) when treatment was started early (within 4 weeks from injury) versus intermediate (from 4 to 8 weeks) or delayed (at least 8 weeks after injury) treatment.

Study Design: An 11-year retrospective study of patients with UVFP who underwent multidimensional diagnostic-therapeutic assessment.

Voice and swallowing after partial laryngectomy: factors influencing outcome.

Background: The purpose of this study was to assess the factors influencing swallowing and phonatory results after partial laryngectomy.

Methods: We carried out a medical chart review of patients who underwent partial laryngectomies between June 2003 and November 2010, focusing on functional outcomes.

Results: Thirty-two patients were enrolled.

Band diagram of spin waves in a two-dimensional magnonic crystal.

The dispersion curves of collective spin-wave excitations in a magnonic crystal consisting of a square array of interacting saturated nanodisks have been measured by Brillouin light scattering along the four principal directions of the first Brillouin zone. The experimental data are successfully compared to calculations of the band diagram and of the Brillouin light scattering cross section, performed through the dynamical matrix method extended to include the dipolar interaction between the disks. We found that the fourfold symmetry of the geometrical lattice is reduced by the application of the external field and therefore equivalent directions of the first Brillouin zone are characterized by different dispersion relations of collective spin waves.