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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807453603321

Autore

Was Mark K.

Titolo

Facial paralysis : a comprehensive rehabilitative approach / / Mark K. Wax

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Diego, California ; ; Oxfordshire, England : , : Plural Publishing, Inc., , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-59756-707-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (281 p.)

Disciplina

616.8/42

Soggetti

Facial paralysis - Surgery

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1. Facial Nerve Anatomy and Mastoid Surgery in the Management of Facial Nerve Disorders; 2. Facial Nerve Paresis and Paralysis: History, Etiology, and Testing; 3. Complications of Facial Paralysis; 4. Medical Management of Facial Paralysis; 5. Management of the Facial Nerve; 6. Nerve Substitutions in Facial Reconstruction; 7. Management of the Paralyzed Brow; 8. Management of the Upper Eyelid Complex; 9. Management of the Lower Eyelid; 10. Management of the Nasal Valve; 11. Management of the Midface and Lips in the Paralyzed Face

12. Facial Reanimation With Free Tissue Transfer13. Management of the Soft Tissue Defect Following Parotidectomy; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Through contributions from a range of experts, facial plastic surgeons to head and neck oncologic reconstructive surgeons, this text addresses ways to evaluate all aspects of facial nerve paralysis: diagnosis, individual etiology and management, surgical procedures, as well as preferred reconstructive modalities.