Bell's palsy: Surgery based upon prognostic indicators and results

Laryngoscope

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 1981, Pages 2092-2105

  May, Mark ^a   Blumenthal, Frank ^a   Taylor, Floyd H ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELL PALSY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; THERAPY;

ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALIVA; TEARS;

EID: 0019789644     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. May, M.: Facial Paralysis, Peripheral Type: A Proposed Method of Reporting. The Laryngoscope 80:331-390, 1970. (Pertinent data for tear test, p. 336, for salivation test, pp. 363,364,379-381).
2. May, M.: Bell's Palsy: Progressive Ascending Paralysis, Therapeutic Implications. The Laryngoscope, 88:61-72, 1978. (Pertinent data for prognostic value of tear test, p. 64).
3. May, M., et al.: Natural History of Bell's Palsy; the Salivary Flow Test and Other Prognostic Indicators. The Laryngoscope, 86:704-712, 1976.
4. Fisch, U. and Esslen, E.: Total Intratemporal Exposure of the Facial Nerve. Arch Otolaryngol, 95:335-341, 1972.
5. May, M.: Total Facial Nerve Exploration: Transmastoid, Extralabyrinthine and Subtemporal. Indications and Results. The Laryngoscope, 89:906-916, 1979.
6. Fisch, U.: Surgery for Bell's Paky. Arch. Otolaryngol., 107:1-11, 1981.
7. Peitersen, I.: Natural History of 1,011 Cases of Bell's Palsy. Collegium Otorhinolaryn-gology Academy of Science, San Francisco, CA,'September 1980.