Otology | Management of the Facial Nerve | Mr Rupert Obholzer

Management of the Facial Nerve
Mr Rupert Obholzer, Consultant ENT & Skullbase Surgeon, Guy's and St' Thomas Hospital
22nd Jully 2020

Curriculum topics (UK Otolaryngology Higher Surgical Training 2017)
1. Otology - Facial palsy

00:31 - Anatomy relating to facial nerve
08:34 - Facial nerve scoring systems, specific focus on House-Brackmann
15:08 - Managing the acutely flaccid face
17:50 - Inflammatory pathology of facial nerve palsy
20:20 - Bells Palsy versus Idiopathic facial nerve palsy
23:07 - Treatment of inflammatory pathologies
28:31 - Neoplastic pathology of facial nerve palsy
29:37 - Extrinsic pathology
33:00 - Intrinsic pathology
38:33 - Facial nerve trauma
42:18 - Facial decompression
48:23 - Temporal bone fracture surgery with imaging and video
50:45 - Facial nerve palsy after event (post-paresis syndrome versus flaccid palsy)
55:24 - Q&A