Surgery
Vt. lye victim gets new face at Boston hospital (Update)
A Vermont nurse disfigured in a 2007 lye attack has received a new face at a Boston hospital.
Feb 27, 2013
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News tagged with facial nerve
Oncology & Cancer
Surgical technique spots cancer invasion with fluorescence
One of the greatest challenges faced by cancer surgeons is to know exactly which tissue to remove, or not, while the patient is under anesthesia. A team of surgeons and scientists at University of California, San Diego School ...
Jan 10, 2013
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Neuroscience
Auto-immune disease: The viral route is confirmed
Why would our immune system turn against our own cells? This is the question that the combined Inserm/CNRS/ Pierre and Marie Curie University/Association Institut de Myologie have strived to answer in their "Therapies for ...
Dec 19, 2012
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Surgery
Fast response time and microsurgery save boy's facial expression
Two-year-old Jax Cannon is giving his dad high-fives.
Jun 22, 2012
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Surgery
Research examines effect of prednisolone in patients with Bell palsy
Treatment for Bell palsy (a condition involving the facial nerve and characterized by facial paralysis) with the corticosteroid prednisolone within 72 hours appeared to significantly reduce the number of patients with mild ...
May 21, 2012
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Neuroscience
Cyberknife radiation relieves stabbing pain of facial nerve condition
A technique that delivers highly focused beams of radiation, known as Cyberknife, can relieve the stabbing pain of the facial nerve condition trigeminal neuralgia, indicates a small study published online in the Journal of ...
Jan 27, 2012
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Other
Brain function involved in recovery of facial paralysis is different according to sex
Research work drawn up by specialists from the Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery at the University of Navarra Hospital has shown that, after surgical treatment for facial paralysis through using ...
Nov 9, 2011
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WSU study expands time window for facial nerve rehabilitation
SPOKANE, WASH. –A research study conducted at Washington State University Spokane offers hope to those suffering from facial nerve damage. According to the study, which was published online this week in the journal Developmental ...
May 10, 2011
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