Surgical interventions for the early management of Bell's palsy

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2021, Issue 1, 2021, Pages

  Menchetti, Isabella ^a   McAllister, Kerrie ^b   Walker, David ^b   Donnan, Peter T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELL PALSY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNKINESIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIME TO TREATMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE TIME; DECOMPRESSION SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

BELL PALSY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FACIAL NERVE; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TIME-TO-TREATMENT;

EID: 85100523575     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007468.pub4     Document Type: Review

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