Lead Sponsor

The Hospital for Sick Children

Collaborators

Age

6 - 18 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

•Patients undergoing unilateral facial reanimation with a two-stage cross-face nerve graft and free gracilis muscle flap transfer who have;
•i) isolated unilateral facial nerve palsy and
•ii) a functioning contralateral facial nerve.

•Any disorders that may compromise nerve regeneration or muscle function following muscle transfer, including diabetes, polyneuropathy, or myopathy and muscular dystrophy.
•Patients with severe cognitive impairment, which would limit their participation