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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Outcomes and prognostic factors of facial nerve repair: a retrospective comparative study of 31 patients and literature review

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Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2021 Aug 17. doi: 10.1007/s00405-021-07043-6. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: To evaluate functional results of facial nerve repair by direct nerve suture or grafting, compare results between a traumatic and a tumoral group and identify prognostic factors.

METHODS: A retrospective monocentric cohort study was studied in a university ENT department. Thirty-one patients who benefited from facial nerve suture or grafting, with at least 12 months postoperative follow-up were included. Patients were divided into two groups according to the lesion type: traumatic (accident of the public road or iatrogenic) and tumoral. Preoperative data studied were sex, side, etiology documented by CT and/or MRI, facial palsy duration and grade according to House Brackmann grading system. Intraoperative data included: surgeon, age of patient, surgical technique, graft type, use of biological glue, facial nerve deriv ation, lesioned site. Postoperative data included: histological diagnosis, radiotherapy history, time to onset of the first signs of reinnervation, follow-up duration, and final facial function.

RESULTS: Success rate, including grade III and IV, was 68% in the whole cohort, 79% in the traumatic group and 59% in the tumoral group. Patients presenting with facial palsy evolving less than 6 months had better recovery results than those evolving longer than 6 months (p = 0.02). No other prognostic factors were identified.

CONCLUSIONS: The best outcome that can be achieved by suture or grafting of the facial nerve in traumatic or tumoral lesions is a grade III. Preoperative facial palsy duration is a prognostic factor and must be considered when establishing an operative indication.

PMID:34402952 | DOI:10.1007/s00405-021-07043-6

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