1995 Volume 1995 Issue Supplement85 Pages 34-39
An analysis and an evaluation of the prognostic factors in peripheral facial nerve palsy were performed on 68 patients admitted to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at Toyama Municipal Hospital between 1992 and 1994. The process of recovering from peripheral facial nerve palsy could be generally divided into two groups. The prognosis could be predicted by the outcome of salivary gland scintigraphy better than that of electrogustometry. Antibody titration against varicella-zoster virus was useful for predicting prognosis, even in the patients who were not clinically suspected varicella-zoster virus infection.
