the local stellate ganglion block with bupivacaine and corticosteroid treatment for acute peripheral facial nerve palsy in patients can induce hyperglycemia, and an alternative local therapy may be necessary and some time may ve ineffective. Our purpose in this study is to evaluate therapeutic effects of stellate ganglion block (SGB) Botulinum Toxin on referactory facial nerve palsy
:Idiopathic facial nerve palsy (Bell's palsy) is caused by damage to the facial nerve at any site of the peripheral branches after the facial nucleus.Stellate ganglion block is inteneded to increase blood flow and promotes nerve regeneration. the local stellate ganglion block with bupivacaine and corticosteroid treatment for acute peripheral facial nerve palsy in patients can induce hyperglycemia, and an alternative local therapy may be necessary and some time may ve ineffective. Our purpose in this study is to evaluate therapeutic effects of stellate ganglion block (SGB) Botulinum Toxin on referactory facial nerve palsy
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
60
injected 10 mL of 0.1% bupivacaine with 100 Botox units (BOTOX®, Allergan Inc., Irvine, CA, USA)
triamcinolonacetonide stellate ganglion injection
Emad Zarief Kamel Said
Asyut, Egypt
Change from Baseline House-Brackmann
Change from Baseline House-Brackmann
Time frame: : Baseline ,change from baseline House-Brackmann at 7th day,one month,two month, three month
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