The motor nerve to the masseter muscle: An anatomic and histomorphometric study to facilitate its use in facial reanimation

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 363-366

  Borschel, Gregory H ^a   Kawamura, David H ^b   Kasukurthi, Rahul ^b   Hunter, Daniel A ^b   Zuker, Ronald M ^a   Woo, Albert S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Facial paralysis; Free muscle transfer; Motor nerve; Nerve transfer; Neuroanatomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISSECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTOR NERVE; MYELINATED NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADAVER; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; NERVE TRANSFER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84857063271     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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