Intratympanic Stereoidal Injections for Facial Nerve Palsy

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Bell's palsy is defined as a facial nerve palsy without any other known cause. The common practice for this disease consists of the use of oral steroids. Such treatment can cause harm to people who have disabilities or prior conditions such as pregnancies, diabetes, obesity and/or high blood pressure. While the use of intratympanic injection for sudden sensory hearing loss is well rehearsed in many practices, similar management of facial nerve palsy due to Bell's phenomenon is rare and a few researches have been conducted regarding the subject. In this research we suggest intratympanic injections for these patients as a treatment for Bell's palsy.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Hillel Yaffe Medical Center
• Treatments: Dexamethasone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Adult patients 18 years old or more, diagnosed with Bell's palsy who cannot receive oral steroid treatment for their condition, due to to pregnancy, diabetes, high blood pressure etc.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children under the age of 18.

• Patients who can receive oral steroid treatment for their condition.

• Patients with internal ear problems. * Patients who already recieved treatmetn for their condition.