Masseter-to-Facial Nerve Transfer for Reanimation of a Patient With Long-Term Facial Paralysis

Facial paralysis is a condition caused by a wide variety of etiologies, including neurologic, congenital, infectious, neoplastic, systemic, and iatrogenic causes. A patient suffering from long-term facial paralysis, with minimal innervation detected through electroneurography, who was successfully reanimated by performing a masseter-to-facial nerve transfer, was presented in this study. Facial paralysis had been caused after resection of an acquired middle ear cholesteatoma more than 5 years before. Address correspondence and reprint requests to Enrique Salmerón-González, MD, Francia Avenue, Number 45, 2nd stairs, 9th floor, 25th Door, 46023 Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain; E-mail: Enrikes900@gmail.com Received 26 October, 2017 Accepted 19 July, 2018 The authors report no conflicts of interest. © 2018 by Mutaz B. Habal, MD.

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