Lik Sprava. 2002 Jul-Sep; (5-6): 49-53.

[Aspects of diagnosis and treatment of the facial nerve neuropathy]

Mironenko TV, Korotnev VN.

As many as 86 patients with neuropathy of the facial nerve complicated by development of postneuritic muscular contractures were examined. Based on the clinical-and-neurophysiological investigation, findings from rheoencephalography, electroencephalography, echoencephaloscopy, electrodiagnosis of the facial nerve, clinical variants of the facial nerve function return to normal were defined together with causes of development of muscular contractures. Efficiency is shown of use of acupuncture and magnetotherapy combined in treatment of the above trouble.