CLINICAL FEATURES OF DAMAGE TO THE FACIAL NERVE AT DIFFERENT ANATOMICAL LEVELS IN CHILDREN

Abstract

The article describes a clinical case of facial nerve plastic surgery in a 3-year-old child after it was damaged during anthromastoidotomy for acute purulent mastoiditis. A brief review of the literature provides a description of the etiology of damage to the facial nerve, which is most often associated with the absence (invisibility) of anatomical landmarks due to destruction during purulent, tumor processes, as well as with widespread cholesteatoma. Restoration of the facial nerve by end-to-end suturing or autografting of other motor nerves still remains controversial, but a promising direction. This clinical case once again confirms the need to monitor the facial nerve during any sanitizing operations on the ear.