Facial Paralysis: Contemporary Facial Reanimation Techniques 2020

by Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS

This series of surgical videos allows the viewer to learn intricate details of the most advanced and up-to-date facial reanimation procedures performed by Dr. Babak Azizzadeh. Dr. Azizzadeh details various techniques that are invaluable for both the novice and the experienced surgeon who manage patients with facial nerve disorders, such as postfacial paralysis with synkinesis and congenital facial palsy. Surgical videos include modified selective neurectomy, cross-face nerve graft, gracilis free flap, and temporalis tendon transfer.

Procedures included:

• • Case 1:  Modified Selective Neurectomy, Performed by Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS

• • Case 2: Modified Selective Neurectomy With Symmetrical Facial Repositioning, Performed by Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS

• • Case 3: Bilateral Parotidectomy With Reshaping Rhytidectomy, Performed by Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS and Babak Larian, MD, FACS

• • Case 4: Cross-Facial Nerve Graft With Single-Incision Sural Nerve Harvest, Performed by Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS

• • Case 5: Cross-Facial Nerve Rerouting, Masseteric-Facial Nerve Transfer (End-to-End Technique), Static Suspension Sling With Tensor Fascia Lata, Performed by Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS

• • Case 6: Orthodromic Temporalis Tendon Transfer, Performed by Julia Kerolus, MD

• • Case 7: Masseteric-Facial Nerve Transfer (End-to-End Technique) With Cross-Facial Nerve Graft, Performed by Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS and Babak Larian, MD, FACS

• • Case 8: Gracilis Free Functional Muscle Transfer, Performed by Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS