The findings could help medical professionals get
facial paralysis patients their most successful smiles back.
Not exact matches
About 95 percent of otitis media
patients who develop
facial paralysis recover completely.
The guideline is intended for clinicians in any setting who are likely to diagnose and manage
patients with Bell's palsy, the most common single nerve disorder, usually associated with
facial paralysis.
Based on these findings, which were published online today in Laryngoscope, the researchers urge caution in prescribing corticosteroids to
patients with acute Lyme disease - associated
facial paralysis.
Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear / Harvard Medical School have found that
patients who were prescribed corticosteroids as part of treatment for Lyme disease - associated
facial paralysis had worse long - term outcomes of regaining
facial function than those who were prescribed antibiotic therapy alone.
In the largest study of its kind, the researchers studied the long - term recovery (an average of 15 months) of 51
patients with Lyme disease - associated
facial paralysis who sought follow - up care in the Facial Nerve Center at
facial paralysis who sought follow - up care in the
Facial Nerve Center at
Facial Nerve Center at Mass..
Using validated, standardized tests for measuring the outcomes of
patients with
facial paralysis, experts who were naïve to the treatment
patients received studied video documentation of a standardized sequence of
facial expressions for each
patient.
By modifying a muscle transplant operation, Johns Hopkins surgeons report they are able to restore authentic
facial expressions of joy — wide and even smiles — to selected
patients with one - sided
facial muscle
paralysis due to birth defects, stroke, tumors or Bell's palsy.
By modifying a muscle transplant operation, Johns Hopkins surgeons report they are able to restore authentic
facial expressions of joy 3/4 wide and even smiles 3/4 to selected
patients with one - sided
facial muscle
paralysis due to birth defects, stroke, tumors or Bell's palsy.