Intra‐Oral Vascularized Cross‐Facial Nerve Grafts in Early Flaccid Facial Palsy: A Five‐Year Review of Clinical Practice
The "Koshima-type" procedure alone is sufficient in providing optimal and spontaneous smile reanimation, without the need for a "babysitter" procedure, provided it is performed within 24 months in facial palsy patients with no clinical or neurophysiological evidence of reinnervation.
Authors
- Raman Malhotra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1911-6383)
- Catriona Neville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3969-5324)
- Ruben Y. Kannan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4588-8157)
- Charles Nduka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1315-0502)
- Tamsin Gwynn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0922-9779)
- Karen M. Young (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4060-4936)
- Crystal Selley‐West
Institutions
- Queen Victoria Hospital (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Microsurgery
- Published
- 2025-11-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/micr.70151
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.39