Nerve transfers for facial palsy: grading of volitional control after using the hypoglossal and masseter nerves
After nerve transfer for facial palsy, brain plasticity is often insufficient to achieve full independence of movements generated by the donor motor program.
Authors
- Roberto S. Martins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7358-5482)
- Martijn J. A. Malessy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1936-3664)
- Mariano Socolovsky (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0667-3463)
- Martín Bourguet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7304-5010)
- Simon Miedema
Institutions
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (AR)
- Leiden University Medical Center (NL)
- Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Neurosurgical FOCUS
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3171/2025.1.focus24892
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.34