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Table 4 Facial reanimation surgery

From: Bell’s palsy misdiagnosis: characteristics of occult tumors causing facial paralysis

Patient

Reanimation surgery

No of reanimation surgeries

Upper face

Lower face

Final result at last follow-up

(modified House-Brackmann Grade)

 

Eyebrow

Eye

Nasolabial fold

Oral

Whole face

Synkinesis

Grade

1

Concurrent

2

Gold weight insertion

Brow lift

Lower lid sling

Static sling

Lower lip wedge resection

4

2

4

4

3

1

IV

2

Concurrent

1

Facial nerve interposition cable graft

Gracilis free tissue transfer

Additional dynamic suspension using temporalis muscle

3

3

1

1

2

0

III

3

Stage

1

Gold weight insertion

Static sling

4

4

4

4

4

0

V

4

Concurrent

3

Gold weight insertion, Lower lid sling

Gracilis free tissue transfer

4

2

1

1

2

0

III

5

Stage

2

Gold weight insertion

Orthodromic temporalis muscle transfer

4

1

3

3

3

0

III

6

None

0

Refuse

Refuse

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

7

Stage

1

Gold weight insertion, Lower lid sling*

Static sling*

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

8

None

0

Refuse

Refuse

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

9

Stage

1

Gold weight insertion *

Static sling*

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

  1. *Surgery was performed at another hospital