One-stage transfer of the latissimus dorsi muscle for reanimation of a paralyzed face: A new alternative

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 941-951

  Harii, Kiyonori ^a,b   Asato, Hirotaka ^a   Yoshimura, Kotaro ^b   Sugawara, Yasushi ^b   Nakatsuka, Takashi ^b   Ueda, Kazuki ^a  

^a Graduate School of Medicine ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031668584     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199809020-00001     Document Type: Article

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