The Impact of Preoperative Facial Nerve Weakness and Facial Nerve Outcomes in the Management of Patients With Parotid Metastases of Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Preoperative FN weakness was present in 10% of patients and 36% had some part of the FN sacrificed. There was no significant difference in outcomes for patients with and without preoperative FN weakness. Patients who undergo sacrifice of the FN trunk have worse survival compared to those not requiring FN sacrifice, however similar outcomes were observed in those requiring lessor degrees of FN sacrifice. The likelihood FN sacrifice rises with increasing parotid deposit size.
Authors
- Vivian Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2300-826X)
- Michael Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7946-8874)
- James Wykes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2956-0453)
- Carsten E. Palme (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3172-7275)
- Kerwin F. Shannon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8538-3132)
- Sydney Ch’ng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-1253)
- Tsu‐Hui Low (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8958-736X)
- Ruta Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2940-313X)
- Michael Elliott (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5654-2114)
- Jonathan R. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1209-772X)
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (AU)
- Chris O’Brien Lifehouse (AU)
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Head & Neck
- Published
- 2024-11-25
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/hed.28005
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.39