Topics:
· Do we need a Facial Paralysis Unit to treat patients with facial paralysis?
· Facial Grading Systems: Which, When and Why.
· An update on medical treatment of FP (Bell & Ramsay Hunt)
· The usefulness of electrophysiological tests for FP
· Psychological aspects of FP
· Central Facial Paralysis
· The key for selecting each reinnervation technique in FP
· Tumors of the facial nerve
· Facial nerve rehabilitation in malignant tumors
· General philosophy of facial nerve reconstruction
· Intraoperative facial nerve reinforcement and reconstruction
· Eye care in FP
· Treatment options for the long-term FP: best surgical options
· Upper lid rehabilitation: microsurgical techniques vs. static procedures
· Workshop on Botulinum Toxin
· Nonsurgical treatment of FP
· Mimetherapy
· Physiotherapist management of synkinesis
· Multidisciplinary approach to real and complex clinical cases