ArticleThe Journal of international medical research2022
Pattern of facial nerve palsy during parotidectomy: a single-center experience.
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- Salivary Gland Oncocytomas. A Systematic Review.Head and neck pathology · 2024Pooled it
- Parotidectomy: 10-Year Experience in the Hands of Surgical Oncologists.Journal of surgical oncology · 2026Article
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- Navigating the Labyrinth: A Rare Encounter with an Exceptionally Long Facial Nerve Trunk in Total Parotidectomy: A Case Report.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2025Article
- Intraoperative Facial Nerve Monitoring during Parotidectomy: The Current Practices and Patterns of the Korean Society of Head and Neck Surgery (KSHNS).Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Intraoperative Facial Nerve Involvement in Parotid Tumours - A Retrospective Analysis in a Tertiary Care Centre.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Acute Onset of Delayed Facial Nerve Paralysis After an Uncomplicated Total Parotidectomy for an Oncocytoma.Cureus · 2024Article
- Proposals for Standardization of Intraoperative Facial Nerve Monitoring during Parotid Surgery.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveThis study was performed to report and analyze the prevalence of permanent facial nerve paralysis following parotidectomy for various benign and malignant lesions in a single center.
methodsThis single-center retrospective study included all patients who underwent parotidectomy (total and superficial) for benign and malignant tumors and chronic inflammatory diseases during a 6-year period. Patients who had previously undergone an operation of the parotid gland and those with preoperative facial weakness were excluded.
resultsThe study included 127 patients ranging in age from 14 to 83 years (median, 45.89 years). Most patients were female (n = 83, 65.4%). The most prevalent procedure was superficial parotidectomy (n = 117, 92.1%), followed by total parotidectomy (n = 6, 4.7%). The average operative duration was 138 minutes (range, 80-400 minutes). Histopathology revealed that 109 (85.8%) patients had benign tumors, 14 (11.0%) had malignant tumors, and 4 (3.1%) had chronic sialadenitis. Only two patients sustained an injury to the cervical branch of the facial nerve.
conclusionIn this single-center experience of parotid surgery, the rates of transient and permanent facial paralysis were acceptably low at 9.0% and 1.6%, respectively, for all pathologies.
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