Neurovascular free muscle transfer combined with cross-face nerve grafting for the treatment of facial paralysis in children

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1765-1773

  Ueda, Kazuki ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^b   Asato, Hirotaka ^b   Yamada, Atsushi ^b  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE GRAFT; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0031744744     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199806000-00001     Document Type: Article

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