Citation

Weinberg MJ, Merx P, Antonyshyn O, Farb R. Ann. Plast. Surg. 1995; 34(5): 546-549.

Affiliation

Division of Plastic Surgery, Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7639495

Abstract

A 19-year-old man sustained a right parasymphyseal fracture and bilateral condylar neck fractures in a motor vehicle accident. The parasymphyseal fracture was treated by open reduction and internal fixation, and the subcondylar fractures were treated with closed reduction and maxillomandibular fixation. Three days postoperatively, a near-complete left facial nerve palsy developed. Facial nerve recovery was not full. The literature is reviewed, and possible mechanisms of this rare and devastating complication are discussed.

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