EVOLUTION OF THE FACIAL NERVE POST-OPERATIVE PARESIS AFTER VITAMIN THERAPY AND ACUPUNCTURE CASE PRESENTATION

摘要

Tumour surgery of the parotid gland is often associated with post-operative palsy of one or more branches of the facial nerve. The paper refers to a clinical case of multiple relapsed parotid pleomorphic adenoma. In this patient, with facial nerve post-surgery paresis, favourable evolution of the facial paresis was encountered with regard to adjuvant treatment consisting in vitamin therapy and acupuncture.