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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Facial nerve palsy after head injury: Case incidence, causes, clinical profile and outcome
Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care, Volume 61, No. 2, Year 2006
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BACKGROUND: To investigate the case incidence, causes, clinical profile, and outcome of facial nerve palsy complicating head trauma. METHOD: A 10-year (1991-2000) retrospective study of head injured patients at the University Teaching Hospital, Ilorin, Nigeria. Age, gender, and neurologic findings were analyzed. RESULTS: Of 794 patients, facial nerve palsy occurred in 40 (5.04%). Facial nerve was the most frequently injured cranial nerve, followed by vestibulo-cochlear (12 [1.5%]) and abducens (8 [1.0%]). Majority (70%) of the seventh nerve palsies were of the lower motor neurone type. The left nerve was more frequently affected (60%). Facial nerve palsy was more common in male patients and adults with a peak incidence at the 4th decade. Spontaneous functional recovery occurring within 6 to 24 months of injury was total in 12 (30%), partial in 5 (12.3%), and none in 3 (7.5%) subjects. Thirteen patients died giving a mortality rate of 32.5%. The patients were aged 5 to 85 years (mean, 34 years). Causes of head trauma were traffic injuries (82.5%), fall from height (7.5%), assault (5%), and gunshot (2.5%). Though patient mortality rate was higher among patients with facial nerve palsy (32.5%) than those without (23.04%), facial nerve palsy was not a strong predictor of fatality (p = 0.2950). CONCLUSION: The case incidence of facial nerve palsy in head injured patients in our center is 5.04%. The lower motor neurone type predominates. It is commoner in men and on the left side with spontaneous recovery occurring in 30% of cases. Copyright © 2006 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.
Authors & Co-Authors
Odebode, Timothy Olugbenga
Nigeria, Ilorin
University of Ilorin
Ologe, Foluwasayo Emmanuel
Nigeria, Ilorin
University of Ilorin
Statistics
Citations: 45
Authors: 2
Affiliations: 1
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1097/01.ta.0000224140.26660.5c
ISSN:
00225282
e-ISSN:
15298809
Research Areas
Disability
Health System And Policy
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cohort Study
Study Locations
Nigeria
Participants Gender
Male