Bilateral facial paralysis secondary to temporal bone trauma: A case report and literature review

Abstract

Abstract When temporal bone fractures are associated with facial palsy (FP) evolution the medical team have no much time to make a decision: to do or not to do a surgical approach? How to evaluate the necessity? When to do it and when is the correct time?

Keywords

• facial nerve decompression
• facial palsy
• temporal bone fracture
• Wallerian degeneration