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Effect of radiation therapy on facial nerve cable autografts
Author(s) -
Mcguirt W. F.,
Mccabe B. F.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197703000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , facial nerve , surgery , spasticity , weakness , radiation therapy , anesthesia
Facial nerve cable autografts were performed on 20 cats with 10 animals receiving 6,000 Rads of postoperative irradiation over six weeks. Testing by clinical appearance, pontograms, and axon counts showed no statistical difference in the operated only and the operated plus irradiated groups. Pontograms illustrated the clinical observance of spasticity, delay and weakness often seen after grafting. This animal work tends to verify the clinical impression that in patients requiring postoperative irradiation for a malignancy necessitating excision and grafting of the facial nerve, anticipated results should be equivalent to the facial nerve cable autografts without postoperative irradiation.