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Facial Nerve Trauma
Hello, Doctor i m maddy 23 yrs old and about 1 and 3 months before the doctor have done a surgery of my right ear.....and in that he cut my right ear facial nerve almost half during operation. After that my facial movement of the right side was down and having no movement.And after 12 days of the surgery again i had been operated and then the cutting facial nerve had been fixed.And now its almost 1 and 3 months over and it seems that i have a more than average of movement in my eyelid, bit of movement in right corner upper lip, and more than average of movement on cheeks and also one thing i want to tell you that when i lift my left side eyebrow my right side upper lip also lift with that. But i have no movement on my lower side lip and on eyebrow.And doctor suggested me that it will recover and they do not tell the time to be recovered but they said it will recover thats it. I want to ask should i trust on them and wait for that movement? What should i do please suggest me anything about this. how much time it will take to recover i m so depressed.
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
It sounds as if the second procedure was a repair of a severed facial nerve. Since you have some functional recovery, the repair of the nerve was obviously successful., but recovery its not yet complete. For full nerve regeneration, it is possible that a total of 12 to 24 months may be necessary to fully assess the results of the reapir.
Hi Maddy, so sorry to hear about your problems w your Facial nerve. Please provide a bit more detail. What type of surgery did you initially have performed on your right ear?
Were you told by the Dr that he cut 1/2 way through the facial nerve?
What was the 2nd surgery for? Was the 2nd surgery performed to fix the nerve that you said was 1/2 cut? I ask because to my knowledge there is no such thing as surgery to repair a cut nerve.
I am also unclear as to what you are trying to say as to the time frame, what does 1 and 3 months mean? Do you mean 1 year and 3 months? If so, then that is adequate time to determine if the paralysis is permanent or not.
If it has been 1 year and 3 months then the nerve was severed and will not come back. The nerves do keep growing but so slowly. They also will connect with other branches of nerves and hence you are experiencing the loft in your lip from raising your eyebrow. Sounds like your Dr butchered you and you need to seek legal counsel asap to determine if there was any medical malpractice involved. Also with the help of your atty, perhaps you can get some medical treatment by a nerve specialisy and or therapy and addition plastic surgery to try and help improve your function and appearance.
This is a devastating loss and worth at least investigating as to this Drs experiwnce, procedures and protocals and if he was competant and lisenced to perform this type of surgery.
There are good Drs that well, sh*t happens but don't assume. Let a professional review your case. You will possible need more help physically to hopefully restore some facial movement as well as psychologically to deal with this traumatic experience and loss of expression in how you communicate to the world and how the world communicates with you. Especially being a young woman with your whole life ahead of you.
Now, if it has only been 3 months, you still have a chance that the nerve is still simply traumatized and it could fully come back as it canm take awhile 8 months maybe. I would find a good medical malpractice attorney and they have a network of Dr that can examine you and get you set up to see a nerve specialist. The Dr that did this to you has insurance to cover this exact type of situation and if he doesn"t then persue him personally. If it has been 1 year and 3 months and he is telling you it will come back he is a liar, sue him.
Most Drs are not out to do surgeries they are not qualified to do but they are human, and as such there will be unscrupulous people that deserve to be sued. I had multiple complications but most resolved ok and my Dr bent over backwards to help me through it. I am convinced he did not commit medical malpractice but I also feel he should have disclosed to me that he had only performed the type of surgery he performed on me a couple of dozen times. I had asked before I signed on of he had done this surgery a lot and was told he did it all the time.
This led me to believe he had performed 1000's not 24 to 36 times! I am still not sure I made the right decision to not speak to an atty. I may have missed my window and plus I am older so it would be a more difficult case since most everything is "ok" not great, some permanent damges but not too noticeable except I notice it a lot. Your case is different, you are young and have noticeable facial nerve damage! If you are to be stuck with this for the rest of your life, you SHOULD be compensated for your loss if there is any negligence or malpractice involved. This will require an attorney and medical experts!
If you have a strong case, you will be able to fid an attorney to take this on a contigency fee and will be paid out of the proceeds should you prevail.
Good luck and keep me informed as to how this progresses!
Seroma
Were you told by the Dr that he cut 1/2 way through the facial nerve?
What was the 2nd surgery for? Was the 2nd surgery performed to fix the nerve that you said was 1/2 cut? I ask because to my knowledge there is no such thing as surgery to repair a cut nerve.
I am also unclear as to what you are trying to say as to the time frame, what does 1 and 3 months mean? Do you mean 1 year and 3 months? If so, then that is adequate time to determine if the paralysis is permanent or not.
If it has been 1 year and 3 months then the nerve was severed and will not come back. The nerves do keep growing but so slowly. They also will connect with other branches of nerves and hence you are experiencing the loft in your lip from raising your eyebrow. Sounds like your Dr butchered you and you need to seek legal counsel asap to determine if there was any medical malpractice involved. Also with the help of your atty, perhaps you can get some medical treatment by a nerve specialisy and or therapy and addition plastic surgery to try and help improve your function and appearance.
This is a devastating loss and worth at least investigating as to this Drs experiwnce, procedures and protocals and if he was competant and lisenced to perform this type of surgery.
There are good Drs that well, sh*t happens but don't assume. Let a professional review your case. You will possible need more help physically to hopefully restore some facial movement as well as psychologically to deal with this traumatic experience and loss of expression in how you communicate to the world and how the world communicates with you. Especially being a young woman with your whole life ahead of you.
Now, if it has only been 3 months, you still have a chance that the nerve is still simply traumatized and it could fully come back as it canm take awhile 8 months maybe. I would find a good medical malpractice attorney and they have a network of Dr that can examine you and get you set up to see a nerve specialist. The Dr that did this to you has insurance to cover this exact type of situation and if he doesn"t then persue him personally. If it has been 1 year and 3 months and he is telling you it will come back he is a liar, sue him.
Most Drs are not out to do surgeries they are not qualified to do but they are human, and as such there will be unscrupulous people that deserve to be sued. I had multiple complications but most resolved ok and my Dr bent over backwards to help me through it. I am convinced he did not commit medical malpractice but I also feel he should have disclosed to me that he had only performed the type of surgery he performed on me a couple of dozen times. I had asked before I signed on of he had done this surgery a lot and was told he did it all the time.
This led me to believe he had performed 1000's not 24 to 36 times! I am still not sure I made the right decision to not speak to an atty. I may have missed my window and plus I am older so it would be a more difficult case since most everything is "ok" not great, some permanent damges but not too noticeable except I notice it a lot. Your case is different, you are young and have noticeable facial nerve damage! If you are to be stuck with this for the rest of your life, you SHOULD be compensated for your loss if there is any negligence or malpractice involved. This will require an attorney and medical experts!
If you have a strong case, you will be able to fid an attorney to take this on a contigency fee and will be paid out of the proceeds should you prevail.
Good luck and keep me informed as to how this progresses!
Seroma
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