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Expert Lectures

Otology/Neurotology

What Every ENT Should Know About Facial Paralysis

Monday, September 30, 2024
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM EDT
Location: MBCC, 219-221
CME/MOC Credit: 1
Disclosure(s):
Luis Lassaletta, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

Javier Gavilán, MD:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: Facial nerve palsy (FNP) presents most commonly in its idiopathic form – Bell’s palsy, which remains a diagnosis of exclusion, corticosteroids being its most accepted treatment.
However, the approach to the patient with FNP requires the clinician to rule out important differential causes, and optimal care of complex cases must be delivered in a multidisciplinary setup to offer patients the full repertoire of treatment options that best optimizes patient outcome.
Several topics regarding FNP still remain controversial, including:
• When should we suspect that an acute FNP is not Bell’s palsy?
• When and which imaging techniques should be performed in these cases?
• Are neurophysiological studied useful in an acute FNP?
• What is the correct management of a patient with a facial nerve tumor?
• Traumatic facial paralysis: Should we rely on electrophysiological tests to undergo surgical exploration of the facial nerve? Which approach for each case?
• Iatrogenic injuries to the facial nerve: When and how should we repair a facial nerve injury? Do we need electrophysiological tests?
• Which is the best nerve donor for reanimation technique, hypoglossal, masseter, or contralateral facial?
• Which grafts should be used for facial nerve reconstruction?
• Should facial nerve reconstruction be performed in malignant parotid tumors?

In this course, all these topics will be covered from the experience of a 20-year-old multidisciplinary Facial Paralysis Unit including several departments and led by otolaryngologists.
General concepts about facial nerve reconstruction will be explained. Clinical cases with comprehensive videos will be shown in a step-by-step basis.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Recognize clinical signs that must alert about a FN tumors or other important causes of FNP mimicking Bell’s palsy.
  2. Deal with a patient that wakes up from surgery with a total FNP, when and how to decide the surgical approach.
  3. Learn the general approach to a patient with a complete FNP including pros and cons of main reanimation techniques.

    Lead Presenter(s)

  • Luis Lassaletta, MD

    Professor
    La Paz University Hospital
    Madrid, Madrid, Spain

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

    • Co-Presenter(s)

  • Javier Gavilán, MD

    Professor and Chairman
    La Paz University Hospital, Madrid
    Santo Domingo, Madrid, Spain

    Disclosure(s):

    faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.