Emory Facial Nerve Program

This wonderful patient developed severe synkinesis with reinnervation following complicated parotid surgery. She underwent a combination of right-sided facial neurectomies and myectomies with a drastic improvement in her synkinesis severity, dynamic symmetry, eyelid narrowing and smile. She is only 1 month post-op so we are excited to see how she progresses.

4th annual Advanced Resident Head & Neck Reconstruction Bootcamp was a success! Special thanks to our 5 visiting faculty H&N reconstructive surgeons for sharing their time and knowledge with 12 aspiring head and neck microsurgeons.

Enjoyed seeing some old colleagues, as well as meeting new ones today at the annual meeting. We discussed facial reanimation strategies in patients with skull base pathology.

This wonderful lady suffered from severe right-sided facial synkinesis and smile asymmetry following Bell’s palsy for 25 years prior to presenting to our program. She underwent targeted facial neurectomies and myectomies as well as Botox treatment and facial neuromuscular retraining with a dramatic improvement in her smile and synkinesis. She is just 4 months postop so we are excited to see how she continues to improve. It’s never too late to get better.

This wonderful lady suffered from severe right-sided facial synkinesis and smile deformity following Bell’s palsy for nearly 12 years prior to presenting to our program. She underwent targeted facial neurectomies and myectomies as well as Botox treatment with a dramatic improvement in her smile and synkinesis.