Facial nerve function following temporomandibular joint surgery using the preauricular approach

Retrospective Study of Facial Nerve Injury in Temporomandibular Joint Surgeries Following Preauricular Approach

“…Thus, permanent damage to the nerve occurred in none of the patients. These findings are in consistence with previous authors who stated that pre auricular approach is safe, cosmetic and results in temporary impairment of function [2,4,6,7].…”

“…Weinberg and Kryshtalskyj [4], in their review of the literature stated that incidence ranged from 1% to 55% among different authors. In the present study 20 patients (62.5%) had facial nerve weakness following surgery.…”

Understanding Bell's palsy –a review

“…However the causes include microcirculatory failure of the vasonervorum, viral infection, ischemic neuropathy, autoimmune reactions surgical procedure such as local anesthesia tooth extraction, infections osteotomies, preprosthethic procedures, excision of tumors or cysts, surgery of TMJ and surgical treatment of facial fractures and cleft lip/palate. [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15] Recently, attention has been focused on infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) as a possible causative since its titers has found to be elevated in affected patients. But studies have failed to isolate viral DNA in biopsy specimens and hence remain a question.…”

Ankylose temporo-mandibulaire : résultats du traitement après résection interruptrice

“…Des douleurs lors des exercices de l'ouverture buccale active, favorisées par une résection insuffisante du bloc osseux, et le jeune âge du patient constituent des facteurs de mauvaise compliance à la physiothérapie. La paralysie faciale représente une des complication les plus fréquentes de la chirurgie de l'ankylose temporo-mandibulaire [15,16]. Cette étude confirme la faible morbidité de la voie d'abord pré-auriculaire pour la résection interruptrice.…”