Data for temporal facial nerve recovery in Ramsay Hunt syndrome following intratympanic steroid therapy

Abstract

This article contains data related to the research article entitled “Concurrent treatment with intratympanic dexamethasone improves facial nerve recovery in Ramsay Hunt syndrome” (Akira Inagaki, Toshiya Minakata, Schiyo Katsumi, Shingo Murakami) [1]. This data article reports the protocol for a clinical trial investigating the benefit of intratympanic steroid therapy on facial recovery in Ramsay Hunt syndrome and temporal facial recovery. The data included in this article are as follows: inclusion and exclusion criteria, the treatment protocol of steroids and antiviral therapies, facial recovery as assessed by the House–Brackmann scale in all enrolled patients, House–Brackmann scores in patients with a poor electrophysiological result, and House–Brackmann scores after propensity score matching. This article will be useful for related investigations or clinical practices in the future by serving as a model and benchmark.

Keywords

• Ramsay Hunt syndrome
• House-Brackmann grade
• Intratympanic steroid therapy
• Recovery
• Propensity score matching