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KMID : 0895820070170010159
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2007 Volume.17 No. 1 p.159 ~ p.166
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A Case Report of a Patient with Facial Nerve Paralysis Caused by Traumatic Temporal Bone Fracture
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An Hye-Lim
Shin Mi-Suk
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Abstract
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Objectives: The purpose of this study is to report that a patient with facial nerve paralysis caused by traumatic temporal bone fracture was improved by non-surgical treatment.
Methods: We treated this patient with electric acupuncture, physical therapy and herbal medication. We evaluated the state of improvement by House-Brackmann facial grading scale, Yanagihara’s unweighted grading system, DITI(digital infrared thermographic imaging) and EMG(electromyography). DITI was measured twice before treatment and after 25 weeks ; EMG before treatment and after 12 weeks.
Results: The subject was improved in estimation by House-Brackmann facial grading scale, Yanagihara’s unweighted grading system, DITI and EMG.
Conclusions: Although this case was supposed to take surgical treatment, non-surgical treatment(electric acupuncture, physical therapy and herbal medication) was effective to improve many symptoms of facial nerve paralysis. We expect we can use non-surgical treatments more broadly for diseases which can be taken only by surgery with subsequent studies.
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KEYWORD
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Facial nerve paralysis, Traumatic, Non-surgical treatment
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