“…Cases were excluded with alternative diagnoses or confounding comorbidities, such as facial trauma or deformity, or histories of trigeminal and/or facial neuropathies, including Bell’s Palsy. The following information was abstracted: sex, age of onset, side of face affected, symptom severity graded on the surgical scale ( Raposo-do-amaral et al, 2014 ), associated neurological and non-neurological symptoms, time of symptom duration to electrophysiological testing, associated images including CT head and MRI brain scans, blink reflex testing, nerve conduction studies, and EMG needle studies. The information was detailed and analyzed with descriptive statistics for further review.…”