Approaches to Peripheral Nerve Repair: Generations of Biomaterial Conduits Yielding to Replacing Autologous Nerve Grafts in Craniomaxillofacial Surgery

Table 2

The table is presented with permission of Jowett and Hadlock [29].

Term	Definition
Facial palsy (FP)	Term encompassing entire spectrum of facial movement disorders including facial paralysis, flaccid facial palsy, and nonflaccid facial palsy
Facial paralysis	Complete absence of facial movement and tone
Flaccid facial palsy (FFP)	Absence or weakness of facial movement and tone, without synkinesis or hyperactivity
Nonflaccid facial palsy (NFFP)	A postparetic state whereby aberrant nerve regeneration has occurred, consisting of varying degrees of zonal synkinesis and hypoactivity and hyperactivity
Facial synkinesis	Involuntary and abnormal facial muscle activation accompanying volitional or spontaneous expression