The management of facial paralysis continues to evolve. Understanding the facial nerve anatomy and the different methods of evaluating the degree of facial nerve injury are crucial for successful management. When the facial nerve is transected, direct coaptation leads to the best outcome, followed by interpositional nerve grafting. In cases where motor end plates are still intact but a primary ...

Bell palsy is an acute affliction of the facial nerve, resulting in sudden paralysis or weakness of the muscles on one side of the face. Testing patients with unilateral facial paralysis for diabetes mellitus or Lyme disease is not routinely recommended. Patients with Lyme disease typically present with additional manifestations, such as arthritis, rash, or facial swelling. Diabetes may be a co...

case presentation here, we report the case of a 35-year-old man complaining of bilateral incomplete eye closure, two weeks after a closed head injury caused by a motor vehicle accident. introduction although bilateral facial nerve palsy is a rare condition, its etiology is more detectable than the unilateral type. a temporal bone fracture is one cause of bilateral facial nerve palsy, contributi...

Introduction This study on intratemporal facial paralysis is an attempt to understand the aetiology of facial nerve paralysis, effect of different management protocols and the outcome after long-term follow-up. Materials and Methods A prospective longitudinal study was conducted from September 2005 to August 2008 at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology of a medical college in Kolkata comprisin...

New corona virus named as COVID-19 can presented not only by respiratory symptoms, but also with other organs involvement such gastrointestinal, cardiac, renal and neurological symptoms. We reported a patient who peripheral facial nerve palsy evaluations revealed infection. suggest from this case, that infection may be potential cause of paralysis during terrible pandemic, neurologists will nee...

OBJECTIVE To review our experience with branchial cleft anomalies, with special attention to their subtypes and anatomical relationship to the facial nerve. STUDY DESIGN Case series. SETTING Tertiary care center. PATIENTS Ten patients who underwent resection for anomalies of the first branchial cleft, with at least 1 year of follow-up, were included in the study. The data from all cases w...

Wrist drop in the newborn caused by radial nerve paralysis is a rare phenomenon, although wrist drop due to intra-uterine position of the hand, that is, acute flexion at the wrist with pressure on the flexed hand, is not very uncommon. In a survey of the literature extending over a number of years comparatively few reported cases of wrist drop due to radial nerve paralysis occurring in the newb...

Introduction: We present a retrospective two-center study series and discussion of the current literature to assess the benefits of facial nerve monitoring during parotidectomy. Materials and Methods: From 2007 to 2012, 128 parotidectomies were performed in 125 patients. Of these, 47 procedures were performed without facial nerve monitoring (group 1) and 81 with facial nerve monitoring (group 2...

Bell's palsy, which is defined as idiopathic peripheral facial paralysis of sudden onset, accounts for > 50% of all cases of facial paralysis. Different theories on the etiology of Bell's palsy have been proposed and investigated. Various clinical studies have suggested an etiological link between Bell's palsy and herpes simplex virus (HSV). In addition, animal experiments have shown the abilit...

Bell’s palsy is the paralysis of facial muscles caused by perturbations affecting the facial nerve. It is the origin of a physical suffering, and has an emotional and psychological impact on patients. Treatments of Bell’s palsy are still not well-defined, nevertheless physical therapies techniques, such as facial exercise, biofeedback, laser, electrotherapy, massage and thermotherapy, are used ...