Facial Paralysis
Over the last ten years our doctor has devoted his skills in reconstructive surgery to improve and implement the most innovative surgical techniques for treating these paralysis patients. Our basic method is to approach the patient in a centralized way. We find it important to see how the patient life is impacted by their condition instead of just treating the symptoms.
There are different ways to treat facial paralysis depending largely on the severity of the paralysis. Hence, we customize each patient’s procedures based on his or her individual needs. So that he or she can recover as desired in peace and comfort.
What is the impact of facial paralysis?
Facial paralysis is a significant disability from both the aesthetic and functional views. The totally or partially paralyzed face is characterized by generalized laxity, lop-sided animation, loss of nasolabial symmetry, drooping of the corner of the mouth, difficulty with chewing and inability to pouch the lips. If the zygmotic branch of the facial nerve is damaged, patients may have conditioned called “Lagophthalmus” which means the inability to close their eyelids. Therefore, when such a condition happens, the patient not only the physical symptoms, but also social, low-self-systeem and other related symptoms.
According to the medical literature, facial paralysis can be either inherited or acquired. Yet, the most common cause of a unilateral facial paralysis arise spontaneously, which also referred to be called as Bell’s palsy. On other hand, several other causes are listed in below.
Other causes
- Congenital (e.g. Mobius Syndrome, Craniofacial microsomia)
- Trauma (e.g. temporal bone fracture, laceration)
- Tumor (e.g. cerebellopontine angle tumor, facial neuroma, malignant head and neck neoplasm)
- Iatrogenic (relating to illness caused by medical examination or treatment) (e.g. acoustic neuroma resection, parotidectomy, temporal bone resection, neck dissection, rhytidectomy)
- Infectious (e.g. Lyme Disease, Ramsay Hunt)
- Melkerson-Rosenthal
- Idiopathisch ( Bell’s palsy)