Facial Nerve Palsy Amid the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: A Pooled Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Idiopathic facial nerve palsy (FNP) has devastating sequelae and is potentially linked to coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19).

Objective

The rate of FNP was compared in the pandemic versus pre-pandemic periods. Furthermore, the risk of FNP was estimated among the COVID-19 vaccinated group.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Setting

An electronic search was conducted in 7 databases: Scopus, Web of Science core collection, PubMed, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, Embase, and CINAHL.

Participants

English observational studies investigating an association between idiopathic FNP and COVID-19 or its vaccination were included, irrespective of patients' demographics.

Exposures

COVID-19 or COVID-19 vaccine.

Main

SUBMITTER: Mirza AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11803641 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature