Paul A. Dreschnack Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Aesthetic, Plastic & Reconstructive Microsurgery, Cosmetic Plastic Surgery
Department of Plastic Surgeon, Saint Joseph
Dr. Paul Dreschnack is a plastic surgeon in Astoria, New York and is affiliated with St. Joseph's Medical Center-Yonkers. He received his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 20 years. Plastic surgeons repair or replace skin tissue, bone, and other tissues. Plastic surgeons also do reconstructive surgery on hands and face (craniofacial).
Case Report Open Access
Author(s): Paul A. Dreschnack, Marvell Scott and Christine Bochenek
Bell’s palsy is the most common form of idiopathic facial paralysis that we see as physicians. We report on a 43-year-old woman with a two-year history of unilateral facial palsy that had stabilized, and was unresponsive to treatment with steroids and antiviral medications. Treatment with adipose-derived mesenchymal stem
cells provided a significant improvement in symptomology with thirty days. Bell’s palsy is an idiopathic facial nerve weakness or palsyof 7th cranial nerve, thought to be caused by a viral or autoimmune origin. It is the most common cause of facial paralysis, accounting for 50-75% of cases and is part of a differential diagnosis of a
cerebrovascular accident. Middle age patients are most commonly affected by the disease process, and it affect b... view more»