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Clinical Efficacy of Electroneurography in Acute Facial Paralysis
The estimated incidence of acute facial paralysis is approximately 30 patients per 100000 populations annually. Facial paralysis is an extremely frightening situation and gives extreme stress to patients because obvious disfiguring face may cause significant functional, aesthetic, and psychological...
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The Korean Audiological Society
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27144227 http://dx.doi.org/10.7874/jao.2016.20.1.8 |
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description | The estimated incidence of acute facial paralysis is approximately 30 patients per 100000 populations annually. Facial paralysis is an extremely frightening situation and gives extreme stress to patients because obvious disfiguring face may cause significant functional, aesthetic, and psychological disturbances. For stressful patients with acute facial paralysis, it is very important for clinicians to answer the questions like whether or not their facial function will return to normal, how much of their facial function will be recovered, and how long this is going to take. It is also important for clinicians to treat the psychological aspects by adequately explaining the prognosis, in addition to providing the appropriate medical treatment. For decades, clinicians have used various electrophysiologic tests, including the nerve excitability test, the maximal stimulation test, electroneurography, and electromyography. In particular, electroneurography is the only objective measure that is useful in early stage of acute facial paralysis. In this review article, we first discuss the pathophysiology of injured peripheral nerve. And then, we describe about various electrophysiologic tests and discuss the electroneurography extensively. |
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spelling | pubmed-48538882016-05-03 Clinical Efficacy of Electroneurography in Acute Facial Paralysis Lee, Dong-Hee J Audiol Otol Review The estimated incidence of acute facial paralysis is approximately 30 patients per 100000 populations annually. Facial paralysis is an extremely frightening situation and gives extreme stress to patients because obvious disfiguring face may cause significant functional, aesthetic, and psychological disturbances. For stressful patients with acute facial paralysis, it is very important for clinicians to answer the questions like whether or not their facial function will return to normal, how much of their facial function will be recovered, and how long this is going to take. It is also important for clinicians to treat the psychological aspects by adequately explaining the prognosis, in addition to providing the appropriate medical treatment. For decades, clinicians have used various electrophysiologic tests, including the nerve excitability test, the maximal stimulation test, electroneurography, and electromyography. In particular, electroneurography is the only objective measure that is useful in early stage of acute facial paralysis. In this review article, we first discuss the pathophysiology of injured peripheral nerve. And then, we describe about various electrophysiologic tests and discuss the electroneurography extensively. The Korean Audiological Society 2016-04 2016-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4853888/ /pubmed/27144227 http://dx.doi.org/10.7874/jao.2016.20.1.8 Text en Copyright © 2016 The Korean Audiological Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Review Lee, Dong-Hee Clinical Efficacy of Electroneurography in Acute Facial Paralysis |
title | Clinical Efficacy of Electroneurography in Acute Facial Paralysis |
title_full | Clinical Efficacy of Electroneurography in Acute Facial Paralysis |
title_fullStr | Clinical Efficacy of Electroneurography in Acute Facial Paralysis |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical Efficacy of Electroneurography in Acute Facial Paralysis |
title_short | Clinical Efficacy of Electroneurography in Acute Facial Paralysis |
title_sort | clinical efficacy of electroneurography in acute facial paralysis |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4853888/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27144227 http://dx.doi.org/10.7874/jao.2016.20.1.8 |
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