Surgical management and the prognosis of iatrogenic facial nerve injury in middle ear surgery: a 20-year experience.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Iatrogenic facial nerve injury is one of the severest complications of middle ear surgery, this study aims to evaluate surgical management and prognosis in the era of improved surgical instruments.

Methods

Patients suffered from facial nerve paralysis after middle ear surgery between January 2000 and December 2019 were retrospectively collected. Demographic characters, primary disease and surgery, details of revision surgery were analyzed.

Results

Forty-five patients were collected, of whom 8 were injured at our center and 37 were transferred. For 8 patients injured at our center, seven (87.5%) ranked House-Brackmann (H-B) grade V and one (12.5%) ranked H-B VI before revision surgery; postoperatively, two (25.0%) patients recovered to H-B grade I, four (50.

SUBMITTER: Sun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10369826 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature