Complete and Fast Recovery from Idiopathic Facial Paralysis Using Laser-Photobiomodulation

Tanganeli, João Paulo Colesanti; Oliveira, Simone Saldanha Ignacio de; Silva, Tamiris; Fernandes, Kristianne Porta Santos; Motta, Lara Jansiski; Bussadori, Sandra Kalil

doi:10.1155/2020/9867693

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“…[17][18][19] Of 8 human studies, 2 studies were designed as randomized controlled study (RCT) 21,22 and 6 studies were descriptive studies (Table 2). [23][24][25][26][27][28] One study had two parallel RCT design, the LLLT group and control group. 21 The other study had three parallel RCT design including highlevel laser therapy, LLLT group, and control group.…”

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“…Of 6 descriptive studies, one study was clinical intervention study on effect of LLLT in diabetics with bell's palsy 23 and 5 articles were case report. [24][25][26][27][28] These descriptive studies applied NIR range of wavelength with various number of treatment session and period of treatment ( Table 2). All researchers in the descriptive studies reported improvement of Bell's palsy on House-Brackman (H-B) grade following LLLT at the ending of their treatment sessions.…”

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Photobiomodulation Therapy in Recovery of Peripheral Facial Nerve Damage

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2020

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Photobiomodulation Therapy in Recovery of Peripheral Facial Nerve Damage

Choi

2020

Medical Lasers

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“…Recently, PBM was proposed as an approach in the treatment of BP [17]. Tanganelli et al [39], on a single patient, concluded that a single session of PBM therapy was an effective option for those affected by BP. Kumar [40] concluded, in a study on five patients, that class IV level laser therapy can support the medical management of BP, including cases with adverse effects from corticosteroids.…”

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Recovery from Idiopathic Facial Paralysis (Bell’s Palsy) Using Photobiomodulation in Patients Non-Responsive to Standard Treatment: A Case Series Study

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Diminished facial movement and marked facial asymmetry can lead to a consistent psychological burden. Bell′s palsy (BP) is one of the most common causes of facial nerve illness, which comes with unilateral acute facial paresis. Nowadays, no clear guidelines for treating BP are available. We carried out a case series study to test the efficacy of photobiomodulation (PBM) therapy in patients with BP non-responsive to standard treatment. The study was experimentally performed at the Department of Surgical and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Genoa (Genoa, Italy), in accordance with case report guidelines. Patients were referred to our department by colleagues for evaluation to be included in the case series because no consistent improvement was observed at least 3 months from the diagnosis of BP. All the patients interrupted their pharmacological therapy before the initiation of PBM therapy. PBM therapy (808 nm, 1 W irradiated in continuous-wave for 60 s on spot-size 1 cm2; 1 W/cm2; 60 J/cm2; and 60 J) was administered every 2 days until complete resolution. Evaluation of the House-Brackmann scale was performed before and after treatments. Fourteen patients were screened as eligible for the study. Patients were Caucasians (36% females and 64% males) with a mean age ± standard deviation of 56.07 ± 15.21 years. Eleven patients out of 14, who experienced BP a maximum of 6 months, completely recovered through PBM. The three patients that did not show improvement were those who had experienced BP for years. PBM could be a supportive therapy for the management of BP in patients non-responsive to standard treatment. However, randomized controlled trials are necessary to sustain our encouraging results, exclude bias, and better explain the boundary between the time from diagnosis and the recovery of BP through PBM therapy.

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“…In their case study, Tanganeli et al [12] examined the outcome of low-power laser therapy in one patient. The patient was 71 years old diagnosed with grade V (severe) Bell's palsy, according to the HBS.…”

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Efficacy of laser application for the rehabilitation of patients with Bell's palsy

Efraimidis¹,

Lytras²,

Iakovidis³

et al. 2021

Nat. J. Clin. Orthop.

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Bell's palsy is reported as an acute peripheral paralysis of the facial nerve of unknown etiology. Its symptoms can range from mild to severe including a lack of wrinkles on the forehead, drooping eyelids of the affected side, uncontrolled tearing of the eye of the affected side, weakness or paralysis of the facial muscles, drooping of the mouth of the affected side and impaired taste. The aim of this review is to describe recent research data on the application of laser to patients with Bell's palsy. The PubMed and Google Scholar databases were searched for articles published between January 2015-May 2021with the following.

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Complete and Fast Recovery from Idiopathic Facial Paralysis Using Laser-Photobiomodulation

Cited by 12 publications

References 19 publications

Photobiomodulation Therapy in Recovery of Peripheral Facial Nerve Damage

Photobiomodulation Therapy in Recovery of Peripheral Facial Nerve Damage

Recovery from Idiopathic Facial Paralysis (Bell’s Palsy) Using Photobiomodulation in Patients Non-Responsive to Standard Treatment: A Case Series Study

Efficacy of laser application for the rehabilitation of patients with Bell's palsy

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