Received 05.06.2025

DOI: 10.35556/idr-2025-4(113)4-7
An improved technique for targeted regeneration of facial nerve branches using a modified design of a synthetic conductor
Ibragimov T.I., Yanushevich O.O., Akhmadudinov A.M., Bazikyan E.A.
¹ Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Russian University of Medicine” of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation
127006, Russia, Moscow, Dolgorukovskaya St., 4
² Dagestan State Medical University
367016, Russia, Respublika Dagestan, Makhachkala, Lenin sq., 1

E-mail address: prof_ibragimov@mail.ru

Summary
The aim of this study was to develop and experimentally refine a method for tubulization of the muscular branches of the facial nerve to optimize nerve-restorative surgeries for injuries and forced resections.
Material and methods. Based on our own clinical analysis of the literature, we proposed an effective tubulization method using a patent for an invention of a modified PVC conductor and a patent for a utility model of a stabilizer clamp.
Results and discussion. The proposed modified conductor design has features that allow the conductor to be used as a catheter for the initial administration of growth stimulants and ensures its removal without re-intervention. The design elements are secured with absorbable ligatures.
Conclusions. The proposed design of a synthetic conductor can be used in clinical practice for the treatment of nerve defects, isolation of the suture zone in neurorrhaphy, for drainage and administration of drugs into the axonogenesis zone, which will create conditions for the gradual regeneration of the facial nerve and its branches, and significantly reduce the need for delayed interventions to correct facial palsy.

Keywords: facial nerve, facial palsy, regeneration, conductor.

For citation: Ibragimov T.I., Yanushevich O.O., Akhmadudinov A.M., Bazikyan E.A. An improved technique for targeted regeneration of facial nerve branches using a modified design of a synthetic conductor. Stomatology for All / Int. Dental Review. 2025; no. 4 (113): 4–7 (in Russian). doi: 10.35556/idr-2025-4(113) 4-7

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