In the context of scientific research on nerve injuries within the head and neck area, we want to investigate the complaint patterns, clinical and radiological findings and outcomes of nerve injuries in the head and neck area. In addition, we want to investigate how this translates into costs for patients and society, what the impact is on work absenteeism and medication use. Files from the MKA UZ Leuven service will be reviewed between January 2010 and October 2018. A collaboration will be organized with the Christelijke Mutualiteit (CM) to calculate costs, lost time at work, and medication use. All affected patients were informed by letter. You will find it below as well as the study protocol of this study.

Information on data processing can be found here:

Research Information:

Collaborating researchers

Fernando Fortes Picoli^1,2

Rocharles Cavalcante Fontenele^1,3

Frederic Van der Cruyssen^1,4

Iraj Ahmadizai¹

Nermin Morgan^1,5

Sergio Lins de-Azevedo-Vaz⁶

Jan Meeus⁴

Robin Willaert⁴

Nicolly Oliveira-Santos^1,3,7

Benjamin Palla⁸

Constantinus Politis^1,4

Maria Alves Garcia Silva²

Reinhilde Jacobs^1,9

¹OMFS IMPATH Research Group, Department of Imaging and Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven and Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 7, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

²School of Dentistry, Federal University of Goiás, Goiânia, GO, Brasil.

³Department of Oral Diagnosis, Piracicaba Dental School, University of Campinas, Piracicaba, São Paulo, Brazil

⁴Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

⁵Department of Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, Mansoura University, Mansoura 35516, Egypt.

⁶Dental Sciences Graduate Program, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil

⁷Department of Oral Surgery and Stomatology, Division of Oral Diagnostic Sciences, School of Dental Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

⁸Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL

⁹Department of Dental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden