Complete Facial Paralysis Caused by Stabbing With a Car Key at the Stylomastoid Foramen

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Complete Facial Paralysis Caused by Stabbing With a Car Key at the Stylomastoid Foramen Via ear nose throat Ear Nose Throat J. 2021 Nov 18:1455613211056548. doi: 10.1177/01455613211056548. Online ahead of print. ABSTRACT Non-iatrogenic traumatic facial paralysis is most common in intratemporal facial nerve injury caused by temporal bone fracture, followed by intraparotid facial nerve branch injury. Facial paralysis caused by injury to the extratemporal trunk of the facial nerve is extremely rare. We present a case of a 60-year-old man suffering from immediate complete left periphe ral facial paralysis due to blunt transection of extratemporal trunk of facial nerve by stabbing with a car key. There was a facial nerve defect about 1 cm in length. The great auricular nerve was grafted to repair the facial nerve. Over 12 months, his facial nerve function improved to a House-Brackmann III/VI. PMID:34792423 | DOI:10.1177/01455613211056548 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.