Online ISSN: 1303-6289
Print ISSN: 0304-4793


Published Online: January 1, 2002

Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology 1998; 36(3-4): 74-76 Abstract



 

Full Text [PDF] 266 KB

 

 

 

 Iatrogenic Facial Paraliysis in Middle Ear Operations

Orta Kulak Ameliyatlarında İatrojenik Fasiyal Paralizi
Sefa Kaya, Levent Sennaroğlu
Hacettepe University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of ENT, Ankara, Turkey
Key Words
Facial paralysis, otologic surgery 
Abstract
 

 

 

 Facial paralysis as a result of an operation is a dramatic situation facing the patient and the surgeon. In this retrospective review, iatrogenic facial paralysis during ear surgery is discussed. Between 1964-1992, 41 iatrogenic facial paralysis cases which happened during otologic surgery in the Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery of Hacettepe University together with referred cases were presented. The most common operations causing paralysis was radical mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty. The most frequent site of injury was the tympanic segment. In case of minimal injury and nerve sheath trauma only decompression of the nerve was done. If the nerve lost its continuity a nerve graft or end-to-end anastomosis was performed. These findings were discussed with literature paying special attention to the points in order to prevent the injury of the nerve.
Correspondence: 

Sefa Kaya, MD
Hacettepe Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Kulak Burun Boğaz Anabilim Dalı
06100 Ankara - Türkiye

 

Türk Otolarengoloji Arşivi / Turkish Archives of Otolaryngology

Copyright © 2002-2005 by the Turkish Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery Foundation.