Targino da Costa MGES, Maranhão-Filho PDA, Santos IC, González CRA, Almeida CHSD, Luiz RR. Post-parotidectomy facial nerve function: comparison between original and modified Sunnybrook Facial Grading Systems.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2023;
81:970-979. [PMID:
38035582 PMCID:
PMC10689100 DOI:
10.1055/s-0043-1777003]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Facial nerve dysfunction is the principal postoperative complication related to parotidectomy.
OBJECTIVE
To test the hypothesis that the modified Sunnybrook Facial Grading System (mS-FGS) is superior to the original S-FGS in the assessment of facial nerve function following parotidectomy.
METHODS
Prospective, longitudinal study evaluating patients with primary or metastatic parotid neoplasms undergoing parotidectomy with facial nerve-sparing between 2016 and 2020. The subjects were assessed twice, on the first postoperative day and at the first outpatient evaluation, 20-30 days post-surgery. Facial assessments were performed using the original and modified (plus showing the lower teeth) versions of the Sunnybrook System and documented by pictures and video recordings. Intra- and inter-rater agreements regarding the assessment of the new expression were analyzed.
RESULTS
101 patients were enrolled. In both steps, the results from the mS-FGS were significantly lower (p < 0.001). Subjects with a history of previous parotidectomy and those who underwent neck dissection had more severe facial nerve impairment. The mandibular marginal branch was the most frequently injured, affecting 68.3% of the patients on the first postoperative day and 52.5% on the first outpatient evaluation. Twenty patients (19.8%) presented an exclusive marginal mandibular branch lesion. The inter-rater agreement of the new expression assessment ranged from substantial to almost perfect. The intra-rater agreement was almost perfect (wk = 0.951).
CONCLUSION
The adoption of the Modified Sunnybrook System, which includes evaluation of the mandibular marginal branch, increases the accuracy of post-parotidectomy facial nerve dysfunction appraisal.
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