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<title>Functional and electrophysiological evaluation of the effect of laser therapy in the treatment of peripheral facial paralysis</title>

2001; SPIE; Volume: 4249; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1117/12.424489

ISSN

1996-756X

Autores

Thereza C. Ladalardo, Aldo Brugnera, Márcia Takamoto, Antônio L. B. Pinheiro, Roberto Augusto de Carvalho Campos, Ana E. Castanho Garrini, Elisângela Donnamaria Bologna, F.A.P. Settanni,

Tópico(s)

Ear Surgery and Otitis Media

Resumo

This clinical case report relates to a total of 4 patients, carriers of idiopathic facial paralysis, treated with Low Level Laser Therapy using a Gallium-Aluminum-Arsenide diode laser of 780 nm, 50 mW, continuous wave emission, spot size 3 mm 2 and total dosage of 20 joules per session distributed to the peripheral trajectory of the injured nerve in a point by point contact mode. Altogether 24 treatment sessions were performed in a period of 12 consecutive weeks twice a week All treated patients presented recovery signs from the initial degree of paralysis.

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