Evidence-Based Medicine: Facial Reanimation

Abstract

This article provides a brief historical overview of the assessment instruments that have been developed to categorize the severity of disease in patients with facial palsy. Important advances in the quality of these instruments are discussed. The modern-day instruments that are commonly required for evidence-based patient assessment are then presented, with emphasis on the level of evidence of the studies that describe these instruments.

Keywords

facial palsy - facial paralysis - patient-reported outcome

Publication History

Accepted Manuscript online:
31 January 2023

Article published online:
16 March 2023

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