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  • Title: [Treating defective damage of facial nerve with great auricular nerve grafting covered by pediculated fascial tube].
    Author: Jiang LX, Zhang SF, Yu XE, Jiao YL.
    Journal: Zhonghua Er Bi Yan Hou Ke Za Zhi; 2004 Apr; 39(4):219-22. PubMed ID: 15283282.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To study the curative effect of grafting great auricular nerve with pediculated fascial tube in defective damage of facial nerve. METHODS: All the 7 patients in this study were treated by grafting great auricular nerve covered by pediculated fascial tube near facial nerve trunk. RESULTS: Four cases with otogenic facial paralysis had grade III - IV recovery of facial nerve function from two to two and half years after the nerve grafting operation. Three patients post-traumatic facial paralysis had grade III recovery of facial nerve function 2 years after the nerve grafting operation. CONCLUSIONS: The grafting of pediculated fascial tube surrounded great auricular nerve can provide a biological environment with better blood supply for the plerosis and regeneration of nerve and can accelerate the functional recovery of nerves after the nerve grafting.
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