Delayed facial palsy after microvascular decompression for hemifacial spasm: friend or foe?
- Authors
- Lee, Jae Meen; Park, Hye Ran; Choi, Young Doo; Kim, Sung Min; Jeon, Beomseok; Kim, Han-Joon; Kim, Dong Gyu; Paek, Sun Ha
- Issue Date
- Aug-2018
- Publisher
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Keywords
- delayed facial palsy; hemifacial spasm; microvascular decompression; functional neurosurgery
- Citation
- Journal of Neurosurgery, v.129, no.2, pp 299 - 307
- Pages
- 9
- Journal Title
- Journal of Neurosurgery
- Volume
- 129
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 299
- End Page
- 307
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/sch/handle/2021.sw.sch/5758
- DOI
- 10.3171/2017.3.JNS162869
- ISSN
- 0022-3085
1933-0693
- Abstract
- OBJECTIVE The authors investigated the incidence, clinical course, and predisposing factors associated with delayed facial palsy (DFP) following microvascular decompression (MVD). METHODS The authors reviewed the records of 310 patients (311 cases) who were followed after MVD for hemifacial spasm (HFS). Of these patients, 45 (14.5%) developed DFP after MVD. The clinical characteristics and predisposing factors of the patients with HFS were investigated to identify prognostic factors that predicted the development of DFP after MVD. Log-rank tests were used to compare times to symptom disappearance, and a logistic regression analysis was performed to compare clinical characteristics between patients who developed DFP and those who did not. RESULTS HFS was completely resolved immediately after MVD in 158 cases (50.8%), and HFS eventually disappeared in 289 (92.9%) of the cases. Of the 45 patients with DFP, 17 were men and 28 were women. DFP occurred between postoperative Days 1 and 44 (mean 9.67 days). Finally, 44 patients (97.8%) completely recovered. The average time to recovery was 3.9 months (range 1-24 months). Patients who had experienced an immediate disappearance of HFS experienced a significantly higher occurrence of DFP than those who did not (odds ratio 0.383, 95% confidence interval 0.183-0.802; p = 0.011). In addition, preoperative botulinum neurotoxin injections negatively influenced the occurrence of DFP (p = 0.016). CONCLUSIONS In this study, the incidence rate of DFP was slightly higher than previously reported values. Moreover, DFP can occur even when spasms disappear immediately after MVD, but the patients with DFP can fully recover within weeks.
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