Corticosteroids in Prevention of Facial Palsy After Cranial Base Surgery

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2011-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Facial palsy after surgical removal of cranial base tumors adherent to the nerve can partly be explained by inflammation.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
• Treatments: Methylprednisolone; Methylprednisolone Acetate; Methylprednisolone Hemisuccinate; Prednisolone; Prednisolone acetate; Prednisolone hemisuccinate; Prednisolone phosphate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• adults patients

• surgery of base crane tumors

• accept to participate

• having health insurance

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnant woman

• children

• known allergy to steroids

• preoperative facial palsy of grade >2