Masseteric to buccal branch nerve transfer.

Masseteric to buccal branch nerve transfer.

Curr Opin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2017 May 29;:

Authors: Bayrak SB, Kriet JD, Humphrey CD

Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review recent literature pertaining to the use of masseteric-facial nerve neurorrhaphy (MFNN) for facial reanimation in patients with facial paralysis.
RECENT FINDINGS: First, MFNN effectively restores some midface tone and function, including the ability to smile. Second, use of the masseteric nerve minimizes synkinesis, dysarthria, and dysphagia that frequently occur after hypoglossal-facial nerve neurorrhaphy. Third, concurrent cable grafting to the zygomatic branch from an intact proximal facial nerve remnant - when available - can restore dynamic eye closure.
SUMMARY: Masseteric nerve transfer is an alternative to hypoglossal nerve transfer that improves midface appearance and function for properly selected patients with facial paralysis.

PMID: 28562372 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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