Clinical characteristics and outcomes of delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty

AbstractConclusion: Delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty had no predisposition for gender or side. It seemed that prednisolone alone without antiviral drugs was enough for the treatment of delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty. Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics and prognosis...

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Published in:Acta oto-laryngologica 2015-02, Vol.135 (2), p.201-204
Main Authors: Zhou, Yaguang, Song, Rui, Li, Yefeng
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
China - epidemiology
Facial Nerve Diseases - drug therapy
Facial Nerve Diseases - epidemiology
Facial Nerve Diseases - etiology
facial nerve recovery
Female
Glucocorticoids - therapeutic use
HSV-1
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications - drug therapy
Postoperative Complications - epidemiology
prednisolone
Prednisolone - therapeutic use
Retrospective Studies
Tympanoplasty - adverse effects
virus reactivation
Young Adult
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Summary:AbstractConclusion: Delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty had no predisposition for gender or side. It seemed that prednisolone alone without antiviral drugs was enough for the treatment of delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty. Objective: To analyze the clinical characteristics and prognosis of delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty. Methods: The cases with delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty treated from January 2005 to January 2014 at our hospital were included in the study, and their clinical characteristics and outcomes were analyzed. Results: The incidence of delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty was 1.1% (16/1420 cases). Facial palsy occurred between 5 and 14 days (average 7.4 ± 1.8 days) after surgery. The incidence of delayed facial palsy was not different between males and females (p > 0.05). Also there was no significant difference between left and right side (p > 0.05). All patients were treated by prednisolone alone, and their facial nerve recovered to HB grade I after 3 weeks to 2 months without any sequelae.
ISSN:0001-6489
1651-2251
DOI:10.3109/00016489.2014.971464