[Treating defective damage of facial nerve with great auricular nerve grafting covered by pediculated fascial tube].

Objective: To study the curative effect of grafting great auricular nerve with pediculated fascial tube in defective damage of facial nerve.

Methods: All the 7 patients in this study were treated by grafting great auricular nerve covered by pediculated fascial tube near facial nerve trunk.

Results: Four cases with otogenic facial paralysis had grade III - IV recovery of facial nerve function from two to two and half years after the nerve grafting operation. Three patients post-traumatic facial paralysis had grade III recovery of facial nerve function 2 years after the nerve grafting operation.

Conclusions: The grafting of pediculated fascial tube surrounded great auricular nerve can provide a biological environment with better blood supply for the plerosis and regeneration of nerve and can accelerate the functional recovery of nerves after the nerve grafting.