Muscle transplants for facial reanimation: Rationale and results of insertion technique using the palmaris longus tendon

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-152

  Faria, José Carlos M ^a,b   Scopel, Gean P ^a   Alonso, Nivaldo ^a   Ferreira, Marcus C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Muscle transplant; Tendon graft

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CUPID'S BOW; FACE ASYMMETRY; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL REANIMATION; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PALMARIS LONGUS TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TENDON SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SMILING; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68249136834     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181893867     Document Type: Article

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