Treatment and Prognosis of Facial Palsy on Ramsay Hunt Syndrome

Autor: Aline Gomes Bittencourt, Fabio Tadeu Moura Lorenzetti, Rafael da Costa Monsanto, Natal José Bobato Neto, Raquel Salomone, Silvia C. A. S. B. Beilke
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. 151
ISSN: 1097-6817
0194-5998
Popis: Objectives:Review the prognosis of facial palsy on Ramsay Hunt syndrome after the treatments proposed by different authors, based on a review of the literature.Methods:A search was performed in LILACS, SciELO, and PUBMED databases. The key words used on the search were: prognosis OR evolution AND ramsay-hunt OR herpes zoster oticus AND facial palsy OR facial paralysis.Results:Studies showed 882 patients with facial palsy secondary to Ramsay Hunt syndrome. Six hundred and twenty one (70.4%) of those patients achieved improvement on the House-Brackmann grade, achieving a grade score of I or II. Among the patients treated only with steroids, 68% got the same results, versus 70.5% of the patients treated with steroids plus antiviral agents. Of patients classified on the House-Brackmann grade as V or VI before treatment, 51.4% improved facial nerve function, achieving I or II on the HB scale. The treatment with methylprednisolone associated with acyclovir showed better results when compared with acyclovir asso...
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