Incidence and Management of Facial Paralysis After Skull Base Trauma, an Administrative Database Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Report the incidence of and treatment patterns for facial nerve palsy after skull base fracture.

Study design

Retrospective cohort study.

Setting

IBM MarketScan Commercial Database (2006-2019).

Patients

Human subjects with skull base fracture, per International Classification of Diseases-9th and 10th Revisions-Clinical Modification diagnosis codes.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcomes were the incidence and median time to facial nerve palsy diagnosis within 30 days of skull base fracture. Secondary outcomes were treatments (corticosteroids, antivirals, facial nerve decompression, botulinum toxin, and facial reanimation), demographics, and rates of hearing loss, vertigo, tympanic membrane rupture, cerebrospinal fluid leak, comorbidities, a

SUBMITTER: Wamkpah NS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9649848 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature