Facial Paralysis: Contemporary Facial Reanimation Techniques

by Babak Azizzadeh, MD, FACS

Learn Facial Reanimation Techniques With Dr. Babak Azizzadeh

Join Dr. Babak Azizzadeh, a renowned expert in facial nerve disorders and reanimation surgery, in this surgical video series. Designed for both novice and experienced surgeons, this series provides insights into techniques for treating facial nerve disorders, such as post-facial paralysis with synkinesis and congenital facial palsy.

Each surgical video offers step-by-step instructions, allowing viewers to understand the intricate details of these facial reanimation procedures. Through detailed procedural narration and expert guidance, Dr. Azizzadeh demonstrates critical decision-making, precise technique execution, and strategies to optimize patient outcomes.

This series features a range of procedures, including modified selective neurectomy, cross-face nerve grafts, gracilis free flaps, and temporalis tendon transfer, ensuring a comprehensive learning experience in facial nerve reconstruction and dynamic reanimation surgery. To enhance understanding, select cases include preoperative and postoperative images to illustrate achievable outcomes. Detailed anatomic illustrations are integrated throughout the series to clarify key structures and surgical techniques, providing deeper insight into each procedure. Additionally, Dr. Azizzadeh provides post-procedure summaries in certain cases, offering a structured overview of the surgical approach and key takeaways.

What You’ll Gain From This Video Series:

• Expert-Guided Surgical Techniques – Learn advanced facial reanimation procedures from a leading authority in facial nerve surgery, including preoperative evaluation, incisions, identifying and evaluating facial nerves and nerve branches, and placement of drains and closure.
• Master Complex Nerve Reconstruction – Gain expertise in cross-face nerve grafts, masseteric-facial nerve transfers, and static suspension slings.
• Insights on Muscle Transfers – Explore gracilis free functional muscle transfer and orthodromic temporalis tendon transfer for dynamic reanimation.
• Surgical Technique for Parotidectomy – Learn resection and reshaping techniques to enhance facial contouring and optimize rhytidectomy outcomes, ensuring natural and balanced results.
• Strategies for Optimizing Outcomes – Understand patient selection, intraoperative decision-making, and postsurgical considerations to enhance long-term success.

This Series Includes the Following Procedures and Over 7 Hours of Operative Video*:

• Case 1: Modified Selective Neurectomy
• Case 2: Modified Selective Neurectomy With Symmetrical Facial Repositioning
• Case 3: Bilateral Parotidectomy With Reshaping Rhytidectomy (performed by Babak Azizzadeh, MD, and Babak Larian, MD)
• Case 4: Cross-Facial Nerve Graft With Single-Incision Sural Nerve Harvest
• Case 5: Cross-Facial Nerve Rerouting, Masseteric-Facial Nerve Transfer (End-to-End Technique), Static Suspension Sling With Tensor Fascia Lata
• Case 6: Orthodromic Temporalis Tendon Transfer (performed by Julia Kerolus, MD)
• Case 7: Masseteric-Facial Nerve Transfer (End-to-End Technique) With Cross-Facial Nerve Graft (performed by Babak Azizzadeh, MD and Babak Larian, MD)
• Case 8: Gracilis Free Functional Muscle Transfer

*All cases are performed by Dr. Azizzadeh unless otherwise noted.

Available in HD Streaming format. 8 cases with over 7 hours of operative video. 2020.