title: [Surgical treatment to facial nerve paralysis of different pathogeny].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the surgical treatment to facial nerve paralysis of different pathogeny.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-seven patients were reviewed, including Bell's Palsy (5 patients), temporal bone fracture (20 patients), media otitis (cholesteatoma) (4 patients), facial neuroma and cranio-maxillo-facial operation trauma (8 patients). All the patients were treated by different surgical methods according different pathogeny.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean percentage facial function improvement (House-Brackmann Grade I-II) was 80% to Bell's Palsy and temporal bone fracture, 100% to media otitis (cholesteatoma). Facial function of three patients improved from House-Brackmann Grade IV to III, two patients had no obvious improvement about facial neuroma; three patients improved from Grade V to III, one improved to IV about cranio-maxillo-facial operation trauma.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients of facial nerve paralysis got better curative effect if treated by proper surgical therapy according different pathogeny.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital University of Medical Science, Beijing, 100050, China.
authors.forename: Haijin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: Pi'nan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Chunhong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Fuqiang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ni
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult