Total Facial Nerve Decompression for Severe Traumatic Facial Nerve Paralysis: A Review of 10 Cases

Table 1

Intraoperative findings of facial nerve (TA: traffic accident, LF: longitudinal fracture, TL: translabyrinthine, MCF: middle cranial fossa, FD: falling down, HMT: heavy metal hit, Exp: explosion, FB: falling from bicycle, FT: falling from truck, RE: right ear, and LE: left ear).

No	Cause	Site	Type of fracture	Operation	Facial nerve
(1)	TA	RE	LF	TL	Labyrinth filled with fibrous tissue
(2)	TA	RE	LF	MCF	Compression of genu with bony fragment
(3)	FD	LE	LF	MCF	Hyperemia and edema of geniculate ggl.
(4)	FD	LE	LF	MCF	Edema, granulation tissue
(5)	HMH	RE	LF	MCF	Hyperemia of geniculate ganglion
(6)	Exp	LE	TF	TL	Extensive edema, granulation tissue of the vertical segment
(7)	FB	RE	LF	MCF	Granulation tissue, fibrosis
(8)	FT	Bilat	Bilat LF	MCF (RE)	Fractured fragments
(9)	TA	RE	TF	MCF	Granulation tissue throughout the vertical segment of the nerve
(10)	TA	LE	LF	MCF	Granulation tissue