Table 2. Operative and postoperative courses.

	n	%	Mean	Median
Timing of repair
< 72 hours	12	75
72 hours–6 months	4	25
> 6 months	0	0
Repair
Nerve graft	15	94
Sural nerve graft	12	75
Other a	3	18
Primary repair	1	6
Number of nerve grafts
One	6	37
One graft split to two	3	18
One graft split to three	1	6
Two	1	6
Three or more	5	31
Three grafts split to four	2	12
Missing data	2	12
Intraoperative complications	0	0
Follow-up (mo) b			39	6–111
Postoperative radiation b	4	33
Postoperative complications b	0	0
Postoperative facial paralysis b
Incomplete	6	50
Complete	6	50
Synkinesis b	6	50
Secondary facial reanimation b	3	25

^aOne greater auricular nerve, one cervical unnamed nerve, and one nerve to vastus lateralis.

^bAvailable for 12 patients.