The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 2 Presence of post-operative new facial palsy based on the type of surgery

From: The endoscopic-assisted approach versus the microscopic only approach in resection of cerebellopontine angle epidermoids: a 5-year retrospective study

Type of the procedure	New facial palsy		P value
Type of the procedure	Post-operative new facial	No post-operative new facial
Endoscopic assisted	4 patients 25.0%	12 patients 75.0%	0.4
Only microscopic	6 patients 37.5%	10 patients 62.5%

P value is significant if < 0.05

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