Long-term Outcome After Acute Peripheral Facial Palsy

Purpose: To analyze long-term outcomes in a large cohort of patients with acute peripheral facial palsy (APFP). Methods: Hospital-based, cross-sectional study. Data were abstracted from the electronic medical record. Time to recovery was assessed with Kaplan-Meier survival analyses. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to identify factors associated with outcome. Results: Three hundred seventy-two patients with APFP seen at a tertiary hospital between February 2015 and March 2021 were analyzed. Seasonal variation of APFP peaked in the early fall (September 29) and had a peak-to-low ratio of 1.36 (R2 = 0.329, p
Source: Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery - Category: Opthalmology Tags: Original Investigations Source Type: research