Continuous Facial Nerve Monitoring during Pleomorphic Adenoma Recurrence Surgery

Objectives: Surgery of recurrent pleomorphic adenoma (RPA) is known to lead to a high facial nerve complication rate. The efficacy of the continuous facial nerve monitoring (CFNM) technique remains to be proven in RPA surgery. The goal was thus to evaluate facial nerve palsy rates and the recovery period after parotidectomy for RPA using CFNM by way of continuous electromyography and to compare these rates and the operation time with those of patients who had undergone surgery without facial nerve monitoring.

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