A 43-year-old optometrist Gabriel Pascal from Nigeria since his childhood could not express his emotions or control the movement of his eyelids that deny closing and blinking repeatedly. With time Gabriel’s symptoms got worse. Pascal’s tumour was initially removed by a surgical oncology team at another hospital, and he was later referred to Trustwell Hospitals for facial nerve reconstruction. He was diagnosed with facial nerve paralysis. In this condition, a patient can’t smile, or struggle to speak, and also causes difficulty in closing eyes.
On September 4th, Dr. Vishwas Vijayadev, a facial cosmetic and reconstructive surgeon along with his team members Dr. Anand Subhash, Dr. Stuti Mahajan, and Dr. Sravya Kakollu performed an 11-hour long facial reanimation surgery on Gabriel.
