Synkinesis in patients with neuropathy of the facial nerve

Facial synkinesis is involuntary contractions of unrelated groups of facial muscles that occur during voluntary movement. The article presents a review of scientific literature of the problem pathological synkinesis as a complication of facial neuropathy. The mechanism of their development and the main theories of occurrence are described. We describе the types (patterns) of synkinesis, methods for theirs detecting, description of clinical manifestations, methods of instrumental diagnostics. We reviewed approaches to treatment and rehabilitation, the main types of conservative and surgical treatment.