title: Clinical characteristics and outcomes of delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  Delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty had no predisposition for gender or side. It seemed that prednisolone alone without antiviral drugs was enough for the treatment of delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the clinical characteristics and prognosis of delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty.
  
  
  METHODS
  The cases with delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty treated from January 2005 to January 2014 at our hospital were included in the study, and their clinical characteristics and outcomes were analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The incidence of delayed facial palsy after tympanoplasty was 1.1% (16/1420 cases). Facial palsy occurred between 5 and 14 days (average 7.4 ± 1.8 days) after surgery. The incidence of delayed facial palsy was not different between males and females (p > 0.05). Also there was no significant difference between left and right side (p > 0.05). All patients were treated by prednisolone alone, and their facial nerve recovered to HB grade I after 3 weeks to 2 months without any sequelae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Kunming General Hospital of Chengdu Military Command , Kunming, Yunnan.
authors.forename: Yaguang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Rui
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yefeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005155:Facial Nerve Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014433:Tympanoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D011239:Prednisolone
keywords: HSV-1; facial nerve recovery; prednisolone; virus reactivation