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Figure 5: Surgical site during a hypoglossal-facial jump graft operation. The inset in the lower right shows the great auricular interposition graft that was used. At the same time, the ramus colli of the facial nerve is severed and partially resected to prevent platysma synkinesis. One can discern the hypoglossal nerve, the facial nerve and the interposition graft (arrows).