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✓ Hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis is one of the procedures frequently performed to restore function after facial palsy secondary to surgery for removal of cerebellopontine angle tumors. The published results of hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis have been variable, and there are still questions about the indications, timing, and surgical techniques for this procedure. The goals of the present retrospective analysis of 22 cases of hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis were to assess the extent of the functional recovery and to analyze the factors affecting this recovery. The 22 cases of complete facial palsy were gleaned from a series of 245 cases of cerebellopontine angle tumors treated surgically by one of the authors. Twenty patients had an acoustic neuroma (average size 3.5 cm), one patient had a petrous meningioma, and one patient had a facial neuroma. The average age of the patients was 47.3 years (range 19 to 69 years). The average interval from tumor surgery to hypoglossal-facial nerve anastomosis was 6.4 months (range 12 days to 17 months), and the average follow-up period after the procedure was 65 months. The results were graded as good, fair, poor, or failure accor

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Author

Luis F. Pitty; Charles H. Tator

Publisher

Journal of Neurosurgery Publishing Group (JNSPG)

Published

1992

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)