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Choynzonov E.L., Kucherova T.Ya., Udintseva I.N., Serebrov T.V., Novikov V.A., Ryabova A.I., Surkova P.V., Cheremisina O.V., Sokolova E.A. Complex approach to rehabilitation of patients with facial nerve dysfunction after total parotidectomy. Head and neck & Head and neck Russian Journal. 2018;6(4):32–36 (in Russian).
Surgical treatment is leading in the treatment of malignant tumors of the salivary glands. The complexity of the anatomical areas, the severity of the tumor process, the close location of the facial nerve branches lead to frequent complications in the postoperative period. The technique of elimination of paresis of mimic muscles with the use of a complex of therapeutic measures, including a course of physiotherapy with the appointment of a magnetolaser and SCENAR therapy developed at the research Institute of Oncology of the Russian Academy of SCIENCES and the prospect of its use in this pathology. The clinical case of application of this material is described.
Key words: Facial nerve dysfunction, parotid gland tumors, radical parotidectomy, rehabilitation
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For citation: Choynzonov E.L., Kucherova T.Ya., Udintseva I.N., Serebrov T.V., Novikov V.A., Ryabova A.I., Surkova P.V., Cheremisina O.V., Sokolova E.A. Complex approach to rehabilitation of patients with facial nerve dysfunction after total parotidectomy. Head and neck & Head and neck Russian Journal. 2018;6(4):32–36 (in Russian).
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