UAB has the first and only facial nerve program in the state of Alabama. Our Facial Nerve Clinic comprises a team of physicians who have expertise in the treatment of facial nerve injuries and other ...

ANSWER: Facial paralysis occurs when you cannot ... of the nerves from the other side of the face, called cross-face nerve grafting, and the second stage involves gracilis muscle transfer.

Using these observations as a starting point, many orthopaedic surgeons have attempted to refine the nerve grafting procedure and improve long-term results. Over a span of 10 years, 130 median ...