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However, the evidence for the efficacy of surgical repair for restoring the function of facial nerves remains deficient. This study evaluated the outcomes of surgical repair for facial nerve lesions.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>This retrospective observational study recruited 28 patients with the diagnosis of facial nerve injury who consecutively underwent surgical repairs from September 2012 to May 2019. All related clinical data were retrospectively analyzed according to age, sex, location of the facial nerve lesion, size of the facial nerve defect, method of repair, facial electromyogram, and blink reflex. Facial function was then stratified with the House-Brackmann grading system pre-operation and 3, 9, 15, and 21\u00a0months after surgical repair.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The 28 patients enrolled in this study included 17 male and 11 female patients with an average age of 34.3\u2009\u00b1\u200917.4\u00a0years. Three methods were applied for the repair of an injured facial nerve, including great auricular nerve transplantation in 15 patients, sural nerve grafting in 7 patients, and hypoglossal to facial nerve anastomosis in 6 patients. Facial nerve function was significantly improved at 21\u00a0months after surgery compared with pre-operative function (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.008). Following surgical repair, a correlation was found between the amplitude of motor unit potential (MUP) and facial nerve function (r\u2009=\u2009-6.078, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.02). Moreover, the extent of functional restoration of the facial nerve at 21\u00a0months after surgery depended on the location of the facial nerve lesion; lesions at either the horizontal or vertical segment showed significant improvement(<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.008 and 0.005), while no functional restoration was found for lesions at the labyrinthine segment (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.26).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>For surgical repair of facial nerve lesions, the sural nerve, great auricular nerve, and hypoglossal-facial nerve can be grafted effectively to store the function of a facial nerve, and MUP may provide an effective indicator for monitoring the recovery of the injured nerve.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12893-021-01049-x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,8]],"date-time":"2021-01-08T08:04:07Z","timestamp":1610093047000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Efficacy of surgical repair for the functional restoration of injured facial nerve"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"21","author":[{"given":"Li","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhaomin","family":"Fan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Haibo","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yuechen","family":"Han","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,1,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"1049_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"E283","DOI":"10.1002\/lary.24542","volume":"124","author":"MH Hohman","year":"2014","unstructured":"Hohman MH, Hadlock TA. 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