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ReviewJPRAS open2025

Future innovations for the treatment of facial nerve paralysis.

Andrea Weinzierl, Erica Piccinni, Sedef Kollarik, Stefania Konstantinidi, Yoan Civet, Yves Perriard, Pietro Giovanoli, Nicole Lindenblatt

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Review in JPRAS open, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Andrea WeinzierlDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
Erica PiccinniFaculty of Biomedical Sciences, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Via Buffi 13, 6900, Lugano, Switzerland.
Sedef KollarikDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
Stefania KonstantinidiIntegrated Actuators Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Rue de la Maladière 71b, 2002, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Yoan CivetIntegrated Actuators Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Rue de la Maladière 71b, 2002, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Yves PerriardIntegrated Actuators Laboratory, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Rue de la Maladière 71b, 2002, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.
Pietro GiovanoliDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.
Nicole LindenblattDepartment of Plastic Surgery and Hand Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, Raemistrasse 100, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Facial nerve injury and paralysis causes negative physical and psychosocial effects for afflicted patients. Impaired respiration, articulation, oral competence, as well as insufficient protection of the corneas may cause a markedly decreased quality of life and social isolation. The optimal management of underlying pathologies and the resulting symptoms is thus an ongoing topic of clinical and pre-clinical research and the optimal management of facial nerve injury is continuing to evolve. Recent technological advances have opened up exciting possibilities in this complex field, giving hope to treating physicians and afflicted patients alike. The present narrative review summarizes several concepts regarding biomedical engineering and facial reanimation with an overview of the current literature.

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Artificial musclesFacial nerve palsyFacial nerve paralysisFacial reanimation

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PMID40606577
PMCPMC12213301

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