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Surgery Miscellaneous (Salivary Gland) 70959751

Facial nerve is injured during parotid surgery. Best management -

A
Immediate repair
B
Repair at a later date
C
Physiotherapy
D
Nothing
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'a' i.e., Immediate repair o Iatrogenic facial nerve injury' is most common after mastridctomy. When this occurs interoperatively, it is explaned. Injury' to greater than 50% of the neural diameter of facial nerve is addressed either with primary reanestomosis or reconstructed with the use of a nerve graft.o Reconstruction with nerve graft (aka cable grafting) is done using either. The greater auricular nerve or sural nerve as donar.

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