Facial Nerve and its disorders

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Facial musculature plays an important role in mastication, facial expression, emotions, and speech.

Facial musculature is supplied by the facial nerve. Disorders affecting facial nerve would cause facial

paralysis causing asymmetry of the face due to paralysis of muscles of the face.

This manuscript discusses clinical anatomy of facial nerve, pathologies affecting this nerve, its clinical

manifestations and various management modalities available in managing these conditions. This book

has been authored from the perspective of otolaryngologist. Otolaryngologists commonly encounter

facial nerve lesions since this nerve courses through the temporal bone. The intratympanic portion of

facial nerve comes under the domain of otolaryngologist.

Lesions of facial nerve in this book has been arranged under two headings:

1. Non neoplastic disorders of the facial nerve

2. Neoplastic disorders of the facial

It should be pointed out facial nerve has excellent regenerative capacity and it is never late to attempt

decompression / trying out various anastomotic techniques in managing patients with facial nerve

paralysis. Rehabilitation process in facial nerve paralysis should focus on managing and protecting the

eyes of the patient. In facial paralysis patients are unable to close their eyelids due to paralysis of the

muscles. Various rehabilitation procedures have been developed to manage these patients. Imaging of

facial nerve has undergone tremendous advancement in recent times. A chapter on imaging of facial

nerve has also been added to this manuscript to make it complete. 

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Prof Dr Balasubramanian Thiagarajan (drtbalu)

Former Registrar

The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University

Former Professor & Head

Department of Otolaryngology

Stanley Medical College

Chennai 

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