Prospective Assessment of Intraoperative Facial Nerve Monitoring in Patients Undergoing Partial Parotidectomy

Table 2

Assessment of the facial nerve function in patients 1 month postoperatively.

Assessment based on the House–Brackman scale		%	Group I ()	Group II ()
			Total (%)	Total (%)
I	52	52	13 (26%)a	39 (78%)b
II	25	25	17 (34%)a	8 (16%)b
III	13	13	10 (20%)a	3 (6%)b
IV	8	8	8 (16%)a	0b
V	2	2	2 (4%)a	0a
VI	0	0	0a	0a

The values in the columns with different letter indices differ at the level of (Bonferroni correction). Group I—patients who underwent surgery without facial nerve monitoring. Group II—patients who underwent surgery with facial nerve monitoring. —group size.