A traumatic facial palsy is one of the most serious hardships which may befall a patient. The palsy does not endanger life, it is true, but the psychic and economic consequences are so great that suicide is often attempted to bring an end to the suffering. All our endeavors must be directed to-ward restoring mimicry. The symmetry and synchronism of the emotional movements of the face are dependent on the close cooperation of the cortical facial centers of both hemispheres, and the only way to reestablish this cortical interplay in cases of peripheral facial palsy is to repair the injured nerve at the site of the lesion. Previously neurotization and, especially, an anastomosis operation between the facial nerve and another cranial nerve were used in order to reinnervate the facial muscles. By these methods the muscles may eventually acquire sufficient tonus so that the palsy is not noted with