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Commentary on “Surgical management of facial vascular anomalies: role of intraoperative seventh nerve monitoring” by Kubiena et al.

Author: I. Jackson

Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery | Issue 2/2008

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I enjoyed reading this paper very much indeed, and I agree completely with the philosophy, which has been presented by the authors. The amazing thing to me is that people are afraid of dissecting out the facial nerve. For some reason, we have the concept that the nerve is difficult to dissect because of how it traverses the gland. This is a total misconception. The nerve consistently remains in the same plane in the gland. Therefore, if it is picked up in the preauricular area, there is no difficulty in dissecting it out; it only takes a few minutes to do so. It is almost impossible to injure the nerve if one understands this anatomical situation. …

Title: Commentary on “Surgical management of facial vascular anomalies: role of intraoperative seventh nerve monitoring” by Kubiena et al.
Author: I. Jackson
Publication date: 01-06-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Plastic Surgery / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 0930-343X
Electronic ISSN: 1435-0130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00238-008-0234-2

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