Anatomy of the motor nerve to the gracilis muscle and its implications in a one-stage microneurovascular gracilis transfer for facial reanimation

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 54-58

  Rodriguez Lorenzo A ^a   Morley, S ^a   Payne, A P ^b   Tollan, C J ^a   Soutar, D S ^a  

^a CANNIESBURN PLASTIC SURGERY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial re animation; Free functioning muscle transfer; Gracilis motor nerve; One stage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

CADAVER; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SURGICAL FLAPS; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 72649092567     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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