Delayed facial nerve decompression for severe refractory cases of Bell's palsy: A 25-year experience

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Berania, Ilyes ^a   Awad, Mohamed ^a   Saliba, Issam ^a   Dufour, Jean Jacques ^a   Nader, Marc Elie ^a,b  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bell's palsy; Facial nerve; Functional outcomes; Surgical decompression

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTRONEUROGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THERAPY DELAY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; NERVE REGENERATION; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUEBEC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELL PALSY; COHORT STUDIES; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE REGENERATION; QUEBEC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER;

EID: 85042601278     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19160216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40463-017-0250-y     Document Type: Article

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