Bilateral variations in the terminal branches of facial nerve - A case report
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Anatomy - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 2
Abstract
Facial nerve is the seventh cranial nerve. It supplies the muscles of facial expression. It gives five terminal branches after emerging from the parotid gland. The functional conservation of facial nerve through proper detection in surgeries around parotid region and procedures like facial rhytidectomy is necessary. Facial nerve paralysis is a stressful complication of parotid surgery. To avoid all the postoperative morbidity associated with the injury to the facial nerve, detailed knowledge of the branching pattern of the facial nerve and its probable variations is must. Current article is about several communications between the terminal branches of the facial nerve leading to the different branching pattern on the right and the left side found during routine cadaveric dissection in an adult male cadaver.
Authors and Affiliations
Alka Bhingardeo, Mehera Bhoir, Tejas Shelar
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