[Hydroxyethyl starch in the treatment of Bell's facial paralysis. A clinical study].
Nowadays an infusion therapy composed of cortisone, low-molecular dextran, and pentoxifylline is the most common treatment of Bell's palsy. During recent years it has become well known that low-molecular dextran has several severe side effects (e.g. acute renal failure). - At the ENT Department of the University of Göttingen 33 patients with Bell's palsy were treated with an infusion therapy which replaced low-molecular dextran by hydroxyethyl starch. Before and after therapy patients underwent a special diagnostic procedure for the facial nerve function consisting of --determination of the degree of paralysis and secondary defects (14) --a complete electrophysiological examination. The patients were followed up for at least 6 months. It was found that 97% of the patients had a complete functional recovery.
Universitäts-HNO-Klinik Göttingen.
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D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006438:Hemodilution / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D013213:Starch / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*
D006895:Hydroxyethyl Starch Derivatives; D013213:Starch
Hydroxyäthylstärke in der Therapie der Bellschen Fazialislähmung. Eine klinische Untersuchung.