Surgery for post-traumatic facial paralysis: are we overdoing it?

Sanjeev Yadav Naresh Kumar PandaRoshan VermaJaimanti BakshiManish Modi

Published in: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (2018)

Patients with incomplete facial palsy are candidates for conservative management. It is justified to try conservative management in patients with complete facial paralysis for up to 3 months even in cases where ENoG and NET suggest poor prognosis. The presence of sensorineural hearing loss or transverse fracture at presentation does not suggest a poor prognosis for improvement.

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long non coding rna
soft tissue
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