Case Report: Delayed Facial Nerve Paralysis—An Uncommon Complication of Tympanomastoid Surgery

Abstract

Case Presentation We, hereby, present a case of 25-year-old male, a case of chronic suppurative otitis media atticoantral disease who underwent canal wall down mas-toidectomy with tympanoplasty. He presented with com-plaints of facial nerve paralysis, 7 days after the surgery. Patient had a House–Brackmann grade-3 paralysis. Treatment was initiated with oral corticosteroids and oral acyclovir. Patient was recovered completely after the therapy