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. 2021 Dec 20;22(6):303–309. doi: 10.7181/acfs.2021.00444

Table 1.

Scale describing the grade of tongue dysfunction after hypoglossal-facial neurorrhaphy

Grade Description
1 Normal
2 Discrete hemiatrophy, no deviation
3 Mild hemiatrophy, tongue deviation < 30˚
4 Severe hemiatrophy, tongue deviation > 30˚

Reprinted from Martins et al. Neurosurgery 2008;63:310-6, with permission from Oxford University Press [11].