Percutaneous Stylomastoid Foramen Pulsed Radiofrequency Combined with Steroid Injection for Treatment of Intractable Facial Paralysis After Herpes Zoster.

"Declarations Conflict of InterestRuyun Deng, Ruxiang Wang, Ming Yao, and Ling Ma have no conflicts of interest. Ethical ApprovalThe Medical Ethics Committee of the Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University approved this study (LS2019-013). All participants agreed to the study procedures and permitted the sharing of their imaging data (including pre- and post-treatment images) for future studies and publications. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Signed informed consent was obtained from all patients. Conflict of Interest Ruyun Deng, Ruxiang Wang, Ming Yao, and Ling Ma have no conflicts of interest."

"Funding This work was supported by funding from Jiaxing City Science and Technology Plan(2021AD30143), Key Discipline Established by Zhejiang Province and Jiaxing City Jointly –Pain Medicine (2019-ss-ttyx), Key Discipline of Anesthesiology of Jiaxing City (2019-zc-06) and Jiaxing Key Laboratory of Neurology and Pain Medicine. The journal’s Rapid Service Fee was funded by the authors."