Table 2.
Facial Nerve Function at 2 Months and 1 Year Postoperatively, Split by Tumor Size
| H-B Index | IC (n = 67) |
1–5 mm (n = 56) |
6–10 mm (n = 42) |
11–15 mm (n = 32) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 mo | 1 y | 2 mo | 1 y | 2 mo | 1 y | 2 mo | 1 y | |
| H-B, House-Brackmann; IC, intracanalicular. | ||||||||
| I | 60 (90%) | 63 (94%) | 38 (68%) | 42 (75%) | 26 (62%) | 28 (67%) | 10 (31%) | 20 (63%) |
| II | 3 (4%) | 4 (6%) | 4 (7%) | 12 (21%) | 6 (14%) | 8 (19%) | 10 (31%) | 7 (22%) |
| III | 2 (3%) | — | 4 (7%) | 2 (4%) | 2 (5%) | 5 (12%) | 4 (12.5%) | 4 (13%) |
| IV | — | — | 3 (5%) | — | 2 (5%) | — | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) |
| V | 1 (1.5%) | — | 7 (13%) | — | 2 (5%) | — | 6 (19%) | — |
| VI | 1 (1.5%) | — | — | — | 4 (10%) | 1 (2%) | 1 (3%) | — |