Bilateral simultaneous free gracilis muscle transfer: A realistic option in management of bilateral facial paralysis

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 139-141

  Lindsay, Robin W ^a   Hadlock, Tessa A ^a   Cheney, Mack L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MALE; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; ORAL SURGERY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH; SPHINCTER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CHILD; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67549091384     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2009.03.005     Document Type: Article

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