Facial nerve surgery inevitably leads to partial pareses, abnormally associated movements and pathologically altered reflexes. The reason for this "post-paralytic syndrome" is the misdirected reinnervation of targets, which consists of two major components. First, due to malfunctioning axonal guidance, a muscle gets reinnervated by a "foreign" axon, that has been misrouted along a "wrong" fascicle. Second, the supernumerary collateral branches emerging from all transected axons simultaneously innervate antagonistic muscles and cause severe impairment of their coordinated activity. Since it is...
Facial nerve surgery inevitably leads to partial pareses, abnormally associated movements and pathologically altered reflexes. The reason for this "po...
Overall, the text is easy to read and a valuable resource for any head and neck surgeon who desires greater insight into one of the most fascinating glands in the human body. -- M. Boyd Gillespie, MD, Laryngoscope , August, 2012
Salivary glands are unique because of the manifold subtypes of benign and malignant diseases found there. Written by world-renowned experts, Salivary Gland Disorders and Diseases: Diagnosis and Management fills a major gap in the literature by presenting modern and up-to-date...
Overall, the text is easy to read and a valuable resource for any head and neck surgeon who desires greater insight into one of the...
Organization is excellent....Each of the chapters is well written and is comprehensive on a given topic....Overall Facial Nerve Disorders and Diseases: Diagnosis and Management is a very well done text that lives up to its title. -- Otology & Neurotology
...one cannot do better than this, if seeking an all-encompassing textbook on pathology, diagnosis, and management of facial nerve disorders. -- The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
This authoritative and up-to-date reference is a complete guide to the basic science,...
Organization is excellent....Each of the chapters is well written and is comprehensive on a given topic....Overall Facial Nerve Disorders and D...
Treatment options are extensively described, and there are individual chapters on functional therapy, botulinum toxin injection, the full range of phonosurgery options (including transoral endoscopic techniques, office-based phonosurgery, framework surgery, and laryngeal reinnervation), and laryngeal transplantation.
Treatment options are extensively described, and there are individual chapters on functional therapy, botulinum toxin injection, the full range of pho...
