Selective marginal mandibular neurectomy for treatment of the marginal mandibular lip deformity in patients with chronic unilateral facial palsies

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1223-1232

  Breslow, Gary D ^a   Cabiling, David ^a   Kanchwala, Suhail ^a   Bartlett, Scott P ^a,b  

^a 10 Penn Tower ^*

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIP MALFORMATION; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE GRAFT; NEURECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 26844550257     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000182219.40800.56     Document Type: Article

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