Integrative therapy for acute, subacute and chronic facial palsy: repeated differential facial nerve blocks combined with hypodermic needle-based facial nerve stimulation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite various recommended treatments, no effective therapy has been established for the satisfactory rehabilitation of subacute and chronic debilitating facial palsy. To address this, we evaluated the safety and efficacy of a novel therapeutic approach that combines repeated differential facial nerve blocks with facial nerve stimulation using a hypodermic needle.

Methods

We retrospectively reviewed 47 patients (acute, n = 4; subacute, n = 3; chronic, n = 40) who were treated at a private pain clinic between January 2017 and December 2023. Patients with persistent facial palsy who were unresponsive to conventional therapies underwent repeated sessions of bilateral facial nerve block following hypodermic needle stimulation of the facial nerv

SUBMITTER: Mun HY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12605347 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature