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Table 3 Analysis of 45 patients’ clinical characteristics

From: Surgical management and the prognosis of iatrogenic facial nerve injury in middle ear surgery: a 20-year experience

Clinical characteristics

 

H-B grade I and II recovery/H-B grade III recovery

P = 0.026

Decompression within 2 months

14/0

 

Decompression over 2 months

4/3

 

H-B grade III recovery/H-B grade IV and V recovery

P = 0.041

Graft within 6 months

10/3

 

Graft over 6 months

1/5

 

H-B grade III recovery/H-B grade IV and V recovery

P = 0.575

Anastomosis within 6 months

5/0

 

Graft within 6 months

11/2

 

Exploration before revision surgerya (yes/no)

P = 0.001

H-B grade I or II recovery of decompression, H-B grade III recovery of graft

0/31

 

H-B grade III recovery of decompression, H-B grade IV or V recovery of graft

4/5

 
  1. aExploration before revision surgery: One patient received decompression and three patients received graft before transferred
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