Clinical Study of Facial Palsy in Our Clinic

Abstract

Clinical studies were performed recently on 47 patients with Bell's palsy treated in our ENT clinc between Jan.1988 and Dec.1989.
Among patients with facial palsy,53.1 % were diagnosed as having Bell's palsy. There was no significant difference of sex or monthly incidence. Most of the patients were treated with steroids.
The complete recovery rate overall was 57.4%, though the complete recovery rate of patients whose treatments began within 2 weeks of onset and continued for at least 2 months was 70.4%. Early treatment and long follow up were thought to be important.
For early prognostic evaluation of Bell's palsy, facial palsy scoring and a strength-duration curve seemed to be useful, while the stapedial reflex and electrical gustational tests were of little use prognostically except as indicators of the level of damage to facial nerves.