ALLMedicine™ Facial Paralysis Center

Aug 12th, 2022 - Advances in operative management, minimally invasive procedures, and physical therapy have allowed for dramatic improvements in functional and cosmetic outcomes in patients with facial paralysis. Our goal was to evaluate the current trends and pra...

Aug 10th, 2022 - Facial paralysis reconstruction can be difficult in extensive defects after complex facial or cranial base tumor resection and radiotherapy or when primary smile reanimation attempt has failed. The surgical challenge is more complicated when defec...

Aug 8th, 2022 - Intractable otitis media is resistant to antimicrobial therapy, tympanostomy ventilation tube insertion, and surgery. In children, intractable acute otitis media, pathological tympanic membrane due to prolonged otitis media with effusion (OME), ty...

Jul 27th, 2022 - Because speech, mastication, and expression of moods and emotions are based on the ability to move facial musculature—be it voluntary or involuntary—successful treatment of facial nerve paralysis is a vital concern. This article informs the reader...

Jul 27th, 2022 - Practice Essentials Because speech, mastication, and expression of moods and emotions are based on the ability to move facial musculature—be it voluntary or involuntary—successful treatment of facial nerve paralysis is a vital concern. This articl...

Jul 22nd, 2022 - Facial paralysis can be a consequence of traumatic facial nerve injury, iatrogenic causes, malignancy, congenital syndromes, and viral infections. Prolonged paralysis can result in ocular complications, articulation difficulties, impaired feeding,...

Jun 10th, 2022 - Rationale. Facial synkinesis is one of the most common consequences after facial paralysis, defined as the inability to move muscles due to nerve damage. Facial synkinesis arises during recovery of nerve injury and is characterized by involuntary ...

May 16th, 2022 - The patients will be evaluated with instrumental (3D pictures, neuro-physiological examination (EMG), radiological [Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)], Cone Beam Computer Tomography (CBCT) and Ultrasound (US)) and non-instrumental analysis (clinica...

May 10th, 2022 - The current standard treatment of a large tumor of the balance nerve (acoustic neuroma or vestibular schwannoma) is surgical resection. Complete removal of such tumor is associated with significant risks of hearing loss and facial paralysis wherea...

Apr 27th, 2022 - Partial or complete facial paralysis is the weakness of muscles of facial expression. Facial paralysis causes physical, social and emotional problems. Functional electrical stimulation (FES) for facial paralysis is a technique in which muscles are...

May 24th, 2022 - The Diagnosis: Granulomatous Cheilitis A punch biopsy of the lip revealed a noncaseating microgranuloma in the submucosa with modest submucosal vascular ectasia and perivascular lymphoplasmacytic infiltrates (Figure). Comprehensive metabolic panel.

Apr 25th, 2022 - Ciltacabtagene autoleucel (cilta-cel; Carvykti) generated deep responses and demonstrated manageable safety in patients with progressive multiple myeloma who were refractory to lenalidomide (Revlimid), according to data from cohort A of the phase ...

Aug 18th, 2021 - (Reuters) - The risk of Bell's Palsy, a type of facial paralysis, is higher after Sinovac Biotech Ltd's COVID-19 vaccine CoronaVac, but should not be a deterrent to vaccination, according to a study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases jour...

Aug 16th, 2021 - No significant increased risk of Bell's palsy was seen after the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine, but risk did increase for people who received the CoronaVac (Sinovac Biotech) shot, a vaccine that uses an inactivated virus, an analysis in Hong Kong s...

Jul 22nd, 2021 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. Despite recent reports of Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, independent experts who advise the Centers for Dise...