Anatomy of the Facial Nerve at the Condylar Area: Measurement Study and Clinical Implications

Table 1

Location of the facial nerve with 2 cm advanced to the tragus.

Number of intersecting points of the facial nerve and tragus-ala line	Distance between facial nerve and tragus-ala line (mm)
Meeting on one point; (6 cases/24%)	17.6 ± 4.0
Meeting on two points; (12 cases/48%)
Upper point	13.0 ± 4.3
Lower point	20.0 ± 5.5
Meeting on three points; (7 cases/28%)
Uppermost point	6.0 ± 2.8
Lowermost point	20.9 ± 6.1

Data are mean ± SD values.