Successful salvage surgery after treatment failures with cross graft and free muscle transplant in facial reanimation

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 185-189

  Bianchi, B ^a   Copelli, C ^a   Ferrari, S ^a   Ferri, A ^a   Sesenna, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Failure of facial animation; Gracilis free transplant; Salvage surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; GRACILIS MUSCLE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MOEBIUS SYNDROME; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE GRAFT; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE GRAFT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REINNERVATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CAROTID ARTERY, EXTERNAL; CHILD; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MICROSURGERY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; THIGH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856093287     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Y.C. Bae, R.M. Zuker, R.T. Manktelow, and S. Wade A comparison of commissure excursion following gracilis muscle transplantation for facial paralysis using a cross-face nerve graft versus the motor nerve to the masseter nerve Plast Reconstr Surg 117 7 2006 2407 2413 (Pubitemid 44324287)
2. B. Bianchi, C. Copelli, S. Ferrari, A. Ferri, and E. Sesenna Free flaps: outcomes and complications in head and neck reconstructions J Craniomaxillofac Surg 37 8 2009 438 442
3. B. Bianchi, C. Copelli, S. Ferrari, A. Ferri, C. Bailleul, and E. Sesenna Free animation with free-muscle transfer innervated by the masseter motor nerve in unilateral facial paralysis J Oral Maxillofac Surg 68 7 2010 1524 1529
4. F. Biglioli, A. Frigerio, L. Autelitano, G. Colletti, D. Rabbiosi, and R. Brusati Deep-planes lift associated with free flap surgery for facial reanimation J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2010 Dec 7 2010 (Epub ahead of print)
5. W.Y. Hoffman Reanimation of the paralyzed face Otolaryngol Clin North Am 25 3 1992 649 667
6. P.J. Johnson, A. Bajaj-Luthra, R. Llull, and P.C. Johnson Quantitative facial motion analysis after functional free muscle reanimation procedures Plast Reconstr Surg 100 7 1997 1710 1719
7. E.I. Lee, K.A. Hurvitz, G.R. Evans, and G.A. Wirth Cross-facial nerve graft: past and present J Plast Reconstr Aesthet Surg 61 3 2008 250 256 (Pubitemid 351222645)
8. R.T. Manktelow, R.M. Zuker, and L.R. Tomat Facial paralysis measurement with a handheld ruler Plast Reconstr Surg 121 2008 435 442 (Pubitemid 351642902)
9. B.M. O'Brien, W.C. Pederson, R.K. Khazanchi, W.A. Morrison, A.M. MacLeod, and V. Kumar Results of management of facial palsy with microvascular free-muscle transfer Plast Reconstr Surg 86 1 1990 12 22 (Pubitemid 20223064)
10. P. Pohlenz, M. Blessmann, M. Heiland, F. Blake, R. Schmelzle, and L. Li Postoperative complications in 202 cases of microvascular head and neck reconstruction J Craniomaxillofac Surg 35 6-7 2007 311 315
11. J.K. Terzis, and E.M. Noah Dynamic restoration in Möbius and Möbius-like patients Plast Reconstr Surg 111 1 2003 40 55 (Pubitemid 36015151)
12. J.K. Terzis, and M.E. Noah Analysis of 100 cases of free-muscle transplantation for facial paralysis Plast Reconstr Surg 99 7 1997 1905 1921 (Pubitemid 27255130)
13. K. Ueda, K. Harii, H. Asato, and A. Yamada Neurovascular free muscle transfer combined with cross-face nerve grafting for the treatment of facial paralysis in children Plast Reconstr Surg 101 7 1998 1765 1773 (Pubitemid 28262303)
14. L.M. Westin, and R. Zuker A new classification system for facial paralysis in the clinical setting J Craniofac Surg 14 5 2003 672 679