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Review Article| Volume 31, ISSUE 1, P9-17, March 2023

Side-to-End Intratemporal Hypoglossal-to-Facial Transfer

  • Luis Lassaletta
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, Madrid 28046, Spain.
    Affiliations
    Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ Research Institute, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, Madrid 28046, Spain

    Biomedical Research Networking Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), (CIBERER-U761), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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  • José Manuel Morales-Puebla
    Affiliations
    Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ Research Institute, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, Madrid 28046, Spain

    Biomedical Research Networking Centre on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), (CIBERER-U761), Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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  • David Molnar
    Affiliations
    Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Medical Centre Hungarian Defence Forces, Róbert Károly körút 44, Budapest 1134, Hungary

    Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Semmelweis University, Tűzoltó utca 58, Budapest 1094, Hungary
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  • Teresa González-Otero
    Affiliations
    Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ Research Institute, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, Madrid 28046, Spain
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  • Javier Gavilán
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    Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Universitario La Paz, IdiPAZ Research Institute, Paseo de la Castellana, 261, Madrid 28046, Spain
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      The main advantage of the side-to-end hypoglossal-to-facial transfer is to achieve good resting tone and an acceptable social smile, while sparing the tongue function.

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