Table 2.

Intraoperative findings in Bell’s palsy

A- Thickened facial nerve sheath—58

B- Oedema of the facial nerve—58

C- Congestion of the facial nerve of varing degree—49

D- Fibtrous bands in Mastoid/Second Genu of the facial nerve—9

1-Multiple—7

2-Single-near the Stylomastoid foramen—2

3-Erosion of fallopian canal—1

E- Histopathology of facial nerve sheath—8

Fibrosis with periarteirits, endarteritis &/or obliterative endarteirtis—8