de9g, i noticed your queston about the neurosurgeon or neck surgeon earlier. Neurosurgeons do not do ES surgery though it seems that they should. The Eagles surgery is done by either an ENT who is good and does it through the mouth, which is a partial correction or by a Head and Neck surgeon that is a SKULL BASE SPECIALTY. These surgeons are usually found in cancer centers. Most surgeries done in the skull base are to remove tumors, and these surgeons know how to do the job with least amount of damage to nerves.. Sometimes, they remove styloids and stylohyoids to get to tumors. That is why they are the best at Eagles surgery. These surgeons usually do the external surgery from outside the neck which is riskier. In my case, I had one through the tthroat, but it did not help much. Finally, in 2018, I had to resort to the skull base surgery. It was successful. I just had the seocnd side done 4 weeks ago. I do have some temporary facial nerve paralyisis that involves my mouth and eyelid. It seems to be getting better, but I expect it to be awhile before I am able to use my eye and mouth properly. It was 4 weeks ago. The doctors list that I mentioned can be found at http://www.livingwitheagle.org.