Table 2.

Frequency of facial nerve palsy in relation to patient variables.

Variables	All patients	Patients with facial nerve damage	p-value
Age, years
≤65	117 (92.3)	2 (1.6)	0.677
>65	10 (7.9)	0 (0.0)
Sex
Male	44 (34.6)	0 (0.0)	0.299
Female	83 (65.4)	2 (1.6)
Side
Left	61 (48.0)	2 (1.6)	0.333
Right	64 (50.4)	0 (0.0)
Both	2 (1.6)	0 (0.0)
Type of lesion
Benign	113 (89.0)	1 (0.8)	0.979
Malignant	14 (11.0)	1 (0.8)
Type of operation
Superficial	116 (91.3)	2 (1.6)	0.979
Total	6 (4.7)	0 (0.0)
Partial superficial	4 (3.1)	0 (0.0)
Duration of operation, minutes
≤180	124 (97.6)	2 (1.6)	0.001
>180	3 (2.4)	0 (0.0)

Data are presented as n (%).