• Injury · Aug 2021

    Review

    Facial nerve: A review of the anatomical, surgical landmarks and its iatrogenic injuries.

    • Stamatina-Emmanouela Zourntou, Konstantinos G Makridis, Crysovalantis-Ioannis Tsougos, Charalampos Skoulakis, Marianna Vlychou, and Aikaterini Vassiou.
    • Resident in General Surgery, General Hospital of Larissa, Greece. Electronic address: m.zourntou@gmail.com.
    • Injury. 2021 Aug 1; 52 (8): 2038-2048.

    AbstractFacial nerve iatrogenic injuries are serious and can negatively affect the quality of life of the patients. Due to the properties of the nerve, the complications are devastating involving the aesthetic appearance and the function of the face. Moreover, the multiple branches of the nerve increase the risk of an iatrogenic injury making the detailed knowledge of the anatomical correlations around them critical. In this review, a meticulous analysis was performed including the surgical procedures posing the greater risk of an iatrogenic injury as well as the full description of all the reported anatomical landmarks involving the extracranial course of the facial nerve.Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Ltd.

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