Clinical Management of the Acute Facial Palsies

Abstract

Educational objectives: To define the natural history, pathogenesis, and management of the acute facial palsies: Bell's palsy, herpes zoster oticus (Ramsay Hunt syndrome), and facial paralysis secondary to infections of the middle ear and to outline the classification, pathogenesis, and medical-surgical interventions for trauma of the facial nerve, including temporal bone fractures, penetrating injuries, and iatrogenic causes.