ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2021
Association between Initial Severity of Facial Weakness and Outcomes of Bell's Palsy.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Incidence of Underlying Abnormal Findings on Routine Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Bell Palsy.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Prolonged isolated dysgeusia as an initial manifestation of neurolymphomatosis in primary central nervous system lymphoma: illustrative case.Journal of neurosurgery. Case lessons · 2026Article
- Time to Complete Clinical Recovery and Its Predictors in Bell's Palsy Patients Receiving Acupuncture: A Prospective Cohort Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Observational
- Prognostic Value of Electroneuronography in Severe Cases of Facial Palsy.Annals of rehabilitation medicine · 2023Article
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Abstract
To establish whether clinical prognostic factor outcomes differed based on the initial severity of facial weakness and to determine the association between the initial severity of facial weakness and favorable outcomes. This retrospective cohort study analyzed all patients with Bell's palsy who visited the outpatient clinic of our university hospital from 1 January 2005 through 31 January 2021. The primary outcome was the rate of recovery at 6 months, evaluated separately in patients with initial House-Brackmann (H-B) grades 3-4 and 5-6. Secondary outcomes included clinical factors associated with favorable outcomes stratified by the initial H-B grade. The rate of favorable recovery was higher in patients with initial H-B grades 3-4 than initial H-B grades 5-6 (82.9% vs. 68.2%,
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