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Facial nerve reconstruction is defined as the surgical procedures that aim to restore facial nerve function of the mimetic muscles, therefore one of the requisites for the indication of nerve reconstruction procedures is the viability of the distal nerve branches, mimetic muscles, and the motor endplates. Herein, the authors describe the principles of facial nerve reconstruction including description of the types of nerve injuries, facial nerve reconstruction methods, timing for reconstruction, selection of distal nerve branches, and a new proposed classification of the level of facial nerve injuries in relation to the method of reconstruction.
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Rodríguez-Lorenzo, A., Tzou, CH.J. (2021). Principles of Facial Nerve Reconstruction. In: Tzou, CH.J., Rodríguez-Lorenzo, A. (eds) Facial Palsy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50784-8_6
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