Assessment of the Cross-face Nerve Graft in the Treatment of Facial Paralysis

Completed

• Conditions: Facial Palsy
• Interventions: Procedure: Cross-face nerve graft

• Registration Number: NCT03006783
• Lead Sponsor: University Medical Center Groningen

Brief Summary

A retrospective and cross-sectional analysis of standard of care for facial paralysis involving the cross-face nerve graft in the past 20 years.

* Imagery analysis

* Questionnaires

Detailed Description

The investigators will retrospectively and cross sectionally analyze all patients treated with a cross-face nerve graft and another nerve transfer in our institution by image analysis and sending out quality of life questionnaires.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-03
• Primary Completion: 2016-10
• Study Completion: 2016-10
• Status Verified: 2016-12
• Study First Submitted: 2016-12-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-12-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-12-28
• Study First Posted: 2016-12-30
• Last Update Posted: 2016-12-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• Treated with one of the described procedures

Exclusion Criteria

• Evaluation material present

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cross-face nerve graft treated	Cross-face nerve graft	People treated by a solitary cross-face nerve graft or in combination with another procedure.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Symmetry of the mouth	March 2016 - October 2016	Symmetry of the mouth expressed as the difference in millimeters between the position of the affected and the healthy corner of the mouth on a picture. An ideal symmetry would be 0 mm. Measured with the FACE-gram software.
Excursion of the mouth	March 2016 - October 2016	Excursion of the mouth expressed as the difference in millimeters between the position of the affected corner of the mouth in repose and with smile on a picture. Measured with the FACE-gram software.
Disease-specific quality-of-life	March 2016 - October 2016	A validated self-reported disease-specific quality-of-life questionnaire was used (Facial Clinimetric Evaluation scale). On which patients can score anything between 0 and 100 points (100 being healty).