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Michael Hoffer, MD
San Diego, Calif

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1996;122(2):201-202.

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At the American Neurotology Society's fall meeting, held in New Orleans, La, on September 16, 1995, the following topics were discussed. Iatrogenic Facial Nerve Palsy. Jack Kartush, MD, Farmington Hills, Mich, opened the session by discussing "Errors in Medicine." He reminded the group that the American Neurotology Society has no official policy on iatrogenic facial palsy. He discussed the fact that bad outcomes are not always the results of negligence or incompetence. He added that examining bad outcomes in an honest fashion is important.

Clough Shelton, MD, Salt Lake City, Utah, examined predisposing factors in iatrogenic facial palsy. He noted that the incidence of iatrogenic facial palsy after chronic ear surgery has been reported to be as high as 1% after primary surgery and 4% to 10% after revision surgery. In his study, the most common site of injury is just proximal to the second genu in the lower tympanic segment. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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