OBJECTIVE: In the setting of known @entity2103 or injury, @entity1 require precautions to prevent exposure keratitis and the morbidity that follows. One recommended treatment is surgical placement of a gold weight with or without lateral tarsal strip. In @entity1 in whom the facial nerve has been sacrificed, it is unknown whether rehabilitation should be simultaneous or in the perioperative period. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING: Case series with chart review of @entity1 who underwent immediate rehabilitation of the eye (gold weight and lateral tarsal strip) following facial nerve resection. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: From 1998 to 2009, 52 @entity1 were studied. @entity260 and the need for revision surgeries were measured. RESULTS: A gold weight was placed in all @entity1 , and 48 of 52 (92%) simultaneous lateral tarsal strips were performed. The facial nerve was sacrificed in 51 of 52 (88%) @entity1 , and the remaining @entity1 had a known preoperative @entity3541 . Thirty-six of 52 (69%) required free tissue transfer for reconstruction, underscoring the extensive resections performed. A 1.2-g gold weight was placed in 50 of 52 (96%) @entity1 . Three (6%) @entity1 required gold weight revision with a larger weight and 3 (6%) for extrusion. Eight (16.7%) @entity1 underwent revision of the lateral tarsal strip for ectropion. CONCLUSIONS: No @entity1 developed @entity532 . @entity1 undergoing radical surgical resections with known or suspected @entity2123 should be considered for simultaneous rehabilitation of the upper and lower eye.

Immediate eye rehabilitation at the time of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity2123 :: ('MESH:D020220', 'Disease') :: ['injury of the facial nerve'] @entity532 :: ('MESH:D003925', 'Disease') :: ['ophthalmologic complications'] @entity260 :: ('MESH:D011183', 'Disease') :: ['Postoperative ophthalmologic complications'] @entity2103 :: ('MESH:D005155', 'Disease') :: ['facial nerve sacrifice'] @entity3541 :: ('MESH:D005158', 'Disease') :: ['facial nerve paralysis']
@entity2103 :: (MESH:D005155,Disease) :: ['facial nerve sacrifice']
