Risk factors for nonidiopathic and idiopathic facial nerve palsies: findings of a retrospective study.

Background: Idiopathic (IF) and nonidiopathic facial (NIF) nerve palsies are the most common forms of peripheral facial nerve palsies. Various risk factors for IF palsies, such as weather, have been explored, but such associations are sparse for NIF palsies, and it remains unclear whether certain diagnostic procedures, such as contrast agent-enhanced cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI), are helpful in the differential diagnosis of NIF vs. IF.

[Percutaneous, antegrade Pinning of proximal phalangeal Fractures: Comparison of Early Active Motion vs. Immobilization by Splinting].

Purpose: This retrospective study compares the functional outcome after early active postoperative motion with the outcome after 6 weeks of immobilization by splinting in patients with proximal phalangeal fractures treated by percutaneous, antegrade pinning.

Patients And Methods: 46 out of 90 patients treated by closed reduction and percutaneous antegrade pinning of isolated fractures of the proximal phalanges were re-evaluated on average after 18.5 months.