The use of basic fibroblast growth factor to treat intractable Bell's palsy administered via transcanal endoscopic ear surgery

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PURPOSE: Facial nerve decompression surgery is an invasive procedure which has hitherto been the main option for patients with severe intractable Bell's palsy which is resistant to drug treatment. We have developed a new salvage treatment for such patients by using minimally invasive transcanal endoscopic ear surgery (TEES) to deliver the biological regenerative agent, basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), to the damaged facial nerve.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: An endoscopic salvage treatment group was studied prospectively and was made up of severe intractable Bell's palsy patients who did not respond to high dose steroid treatment and had an ENoG value of 5 % or less. This surgery group was retrospectively compared to a similar control group who had received high dose steroid only.

RESULTS: Complete recovery to House-Brackmann (HB) Grade I was achieved by 44.8 % of the endoscopic salvage treatment group which was significantly higher than the 21.2 % of the control group at one-year follow up. Patients with an ENoG value of 1 % to 5 % exhibited a significantly higher complete recovery rate of 71.4 % in the endoscopic salvage treatment group than the 28.6 % of the control group. In addition, no complications were observed including hearing loss.

CONCLUSIONS: bFGF delivered via TEES shows considerable promise as a new salvage treatment of severe intractable Bell's palsy that is resistant to high dose steroid treatment without the risks presented by facial nerve decompression surgery.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

2023

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:45

Enthalten in:

American journal of otolaryngology - 45(2023), 1 vom: 16. Jan., Seite 104020

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Furukawa, Takatoshi [VerfasserIn]
Goto, Takanari [VerfasserIn]
Abe, Yasuhiro [VerfasserIn]
Sugiyama, Motoyasu [VerfasserIn]
Ito, Tsukasa [VerfasserIn]
Kubota, Toshinori [VerfasserIn]
Matsui, Hirooki [VerfasserIn]
Futai, Kazunori [VerfasserIn]
Kakehata, Seiji [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

103107-01-3
Biological regenerative agent
Drug resistant Bell's palsy
Endoscopic salvage treatment
Facial nerve decompression surgery
Facial nerve palsy
Fibroblast Growth Factor 2
Journal Article
Steroids

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Date Completed 16.12.2023

Date Revised 16.12.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.amjoto.2023.104020

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361027117