Immediate lengthening temporalis myoplasty for facial palsy reconstruction following facial nerve inclusive total parotidectomy

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Immediate lengthening temporalis myoplasty (Labbé procedure) for immediate dynamic facial reanimation after nerve-inclusive parotidectomy in the elderly population is undocumented in the literature. The aim of this work was to determine whether the Labbé approach could achieve immediate, good functional and static results in elderly patients with acquired facial palsy. A retrospective analysis of five patients with parotid malignancies involving the facial nerve who underwent parotidectomy and an immediate Labbé procedure was performed. The House-Brackmann and Sunnybrook scores for facial palsy were used as objective measurements of the functional outcome. All patients underwent total parotidectomy, neck dissection, Labbé procedure, immediate temporary tarsorrhaphy, brow lift, and postoperative radiotherapy. Mean patient age was 83 (range 73-87) years. The average resected tumour size was 3.54 cm. The mean duration of surgery was 324 min and length of hospital stay 4 days. All patients experienced an improvement in House-Brackmann of one grade postoperative (grade V to IV in four, grade VI to V in one); the Sunnybrook score improved by 31 points on average (mean preoperative 3.8 vs postoperative 34.8). An immediate Labbé procedure following ablative parotid malignancy resection is a reliable and safe reconstructive procedure in a carefully selected elderly population, providing acceptable immediate static and dynamic hemifacial mimetic function and eliminating an additional facial palsy correction procedure.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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International journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery - (2024) vom: 22. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Brennan, C [VerfasserIn]
Al Bakry, M [VerfasserIn]
Fort-Schaale, A [VerfasserIn]
Jose, J [VerfasserIn]
Mizen, K [VerfasserIn]
Matteucci, P [VerfasserIn]
Kelemen, N [VerfasserIn]

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Acquired facial neuropathy
Facial asymmetry
Facial expression
Facial neoplasms
Facial palsy
Journal Article
Reconstructive surgical procedure

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Date Revised 23.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1016/j.ijom.2024.01.009

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NLM368856720