ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2016
Delayed facial nerve decompression for Bell's palsy.
Article in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Surgical interventions for the early management of Bell's palsy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Efficacy of incus reposition ossiculoplasty in middle ear cholesteatoma surgery.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of steroids and antiviral agents in the treatment of Bell's palsy.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2025Review
- Efficacy of Combination and Single Therapy in Bell's Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.World journal of plastic surgery · 2025Review
- [Effect analysis of facial nerve decompression surgery in the treatment of Bell's palsy and Hunt syndrome].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2024Article
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- Frequency-dependent hearing outcomes with or without preservation of intact ossicular articulations.Laryngoscope investigative otolaryngology · 2023Article
- Comparison of Medical and Surgical Treatment in Severe Bell's Palsy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Nicotinamide Adenine Dinucleotide Phosphate Oxidase 2 Expression and Effects of Alpha Lipoic Acid on Recovery in a Rat Model of Facial Nerve Injury.Biomedicines · 2022Article
- Facial and hearing outcomes in transmastoid nerve decompression for Bell's palsy, with preservation of the ossicular chain.Clinical otolaryngology : official journal of ENT-UK ; official journal of Netherlands Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology & Cervico-Facial Surgery · 2021Article
- Clinical Implication of Facial Nerve Decompression in Complete Bell's Palsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Clinical and experimental otorhinolaryngology · 2019Review
- Delayed facial nerve decompression for severe refractory cases of Bell's palsy: a 25-year experience.Journal of otolaryngology - head & neck surgery = Le Journal d'oto-rhino-laryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale · 2018Article
- The role of facial canal diameter in the pathogenesis and grade of Bell's palsy: a study by high resolution computed tomography.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
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Abstract
Incomplete recovery of facial motor function continues to be long-term sequelae in some patients with Bell's palsy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of transmastoid facial nerve decompression after steroid and antiviral treatment in patients with late stage Bell's palsy. Twelve patients underwent surgical decompression for Bell's palsy 21-70 days after onset, whereas 22 patients were followed up after steroid and antiviral therapy without decompression. Surgical criteria included greater than 90 % degeneration on electroneuronography and no voluntary electromyography potentials. This study was a retrospective study of electrodiagnostic data and medical chart review between 2006 and 2013. Recovery from facial palsy was assessed using the House-Brackmann grading system. Final recovery rate did not differ significantly in the two groups; however, all patients in the decompression group recovered to at least House-Brackmann grade III at final follow-up. Although postoperative hearing threshold was increased in both groups, there was no significant between group difference in hearing threshold. Transmastoid decompression of the facial nerve in patients with severe late stage Bell's palsy at risk for a poor facial nerve outcome reduced severe complications of facial palsy with minimal morbidity.
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