Assessment of the Cross-face Nerve Graft in the Treatment of Facial Paralysis

University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Facial Palsy

Treatments: Procedure: Cross-face nerve graft

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03006783

TvanVeen

Details and patient eligibility

About

A retrospective and cross-sectional analysis of standard of care for facial paralysis involving the cross-face nerve graft in the past 20 years.

• Imagery analysis
• Questionnaires

Full description

The investigators will retrospectively and cross sectionally analyze all patients treated with a cross-face nerve graft and another nerve transfer in our institution by image analysis and sending out quality of life questionnaires.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Treated with one of the described procedures

Exclusion criteria

• Evaluation material present

Trial design

50 participants in 2 patient groups

Cross-face nerve graft treated

Description:

People treated by a solitary cross-face nerve graft or in combination with another procedure.

Treatment:

Procedure: Cross-face nerve graft

Hypoglossal-facial treated

Description:

People treated with a solitary hypoglossal-facial anastomosis.