OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to investigate the clinical features, radiologic findings, and treatment outcomes in patients of facial nerve paralysis with chronic ear infections. And we also aimed to evaluate for radiologic sensitivities on facial canal, labyrinth and cranial fossa dehiscences in middle ear cholesteatomas. METHODS A total of 13 patients were enrolled in this study....

BACKGROUND Facial paralysis is defined as severe or complete loss of facial muscle motor function. OBJECTIVE The study was undertaken to explore a bibliometric approach to quantitatively assess the research on clinical treatment of facial paralysis using rehabilitation, physiotherapy and acupuncture using Web of Science from 1992 to 2011. DESIGN Bibliometric approach. DATA RETRIEVAL A bib...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Disability in patients with facial paralysis is the result of impairment or loss of complex and multidimensional functions of the face, including expression of emotions, facial identity, and communication. However, the majority of interventions for facial paralysis are unidimensional and impairment oriented. Thus, a functional training program intended to address various ...

Facial paralysis can have devastating physical and psychosocial consequences. These are particularly severe in children in whom loss of emotional expressiveness can impair social development and integration. The etiologies of facial paralysis, prospects for spontaneous recovery, and functions requiring restoration differ in children as compared with adults. Here we review contemporary managemen...

the occurrence of mast cells is studied in the normal facial nerve and in the facial nerve post mortem exam of patients with chronic suppurative otitis media without associated facial paralysis. a small number of mast cells were found in the normal facial nerve. these cells were usually located in close proximity to the endoneural and epineural blood vessels. the number of mast cells was increa...

Research describing physical therapy interventions for patients diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome is limited. [1,2]. Ramsay Hunt Syndrome is a rare, devastating diagnosis that involves unilateral peripheral facial paralysis and in some cases vesicular rash on the ear or in the mouth. Physical therapy treatment for facial paralysis includes transcutaneous electrical stimulation, massage, neuro...