Facial Paralysis: A Comprehensive Rehabilitative Approach provides a thorough review of facial plastic surgery techniques utilized in various subspecialties. Through contributions from a range of experts - facial plastic surgeons to head and neck oncologic reconstructive surgeons - this text addresses ways to evaluate all aspects of facial nerve paralysis: diagnosis, individual etiology and management, surgical procedures, as well as preferred reconstructive modalities. Also included is a surgical atlas that illustrates the techniques used to repair or ameliorate the effects of the paralysis.
Spanning several surgical subspecialties, Facial Paralysis: A Comprehensive Rehabilitative Approach is a one-stop resource for any surgeon performing facial plastic surgery.
Contents
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Contributors
Chapter 1: Facial Nerve Anatomy and Mastoid Surgery in the Management of Facial Nerve Disorders
Frank M. Warren
Chapter 2: Facial Nerve Paresis and Paralysis: History, Etiology, and Testing
Steven B. Cannady and Oren Friedman
Chapter 3: Complications of Facial Paralysis
Mark K. Wax and Steven B. Cannady
Chapter 4: Medical Management of Facial Paralysis
Jessica J. Peck and Mark K. Wax
Chapter 5: Management of the Facial Nerve
Joshua D. Rosenberg and Eric M. Genden
Chapter 6: Nerve Substitutions in Facial Reconstruction
Cheryl C. Nocon and Alexander Langerman
Chapter 7: Management of the Paralyzed Brow
Fred Fedok, Parker Velargo, Frank Garritano, and Irina Chaikhoutdinov
Chapter 8: Management of the Upper Eyelid Complex
Erika McCarty Walsh and Eben L. Rosenthal
Chapter 9: Management of The Lower Eyelid
Amy L. Pittman and John D. Ng
Chapter 10: Management of the Nasal Valve
Mark K. Wax and Jessica J. Peck

Chapter 11: Management of the Midface and Lips in the Paralyzed Face
Kristine A. Smith, Melynda Barnes, and Tom D. Wang

Chapter 12: Facial Reanimation with Free Tissue Transfer
Satyen Undavia and Babak Azizzadeh

Chapter 13: Management of the Soft Tissue Defect Following Parotidectomy
Christine G. Gourin and Mark K. Wax
Index