Microneurovascular free gracilis transfer for smile reanimation

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 262-267

  Hohman, Marc H ^a   Hadlock, Tessa A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis; Facial reanimation; Free tissue transfer; Gracilis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; GRACILIS FLAP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MICRONEUROVASCULAR FREE GRACILIS TRANSFER; MUSCLE GRAFT; MUSCLE TRANSPOSITION; NERVE TRANSECTION; NEURORRHAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOSTEUM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; ZYGOMA;

EID: 84870735960     PISSN: 10431810     EISSN: 15579395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otot.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

References (1)

1. Harii K., Ohmori K., Torii S. Free gracilis muscle transplantation, with microneurovascular anastomoses for the treatment of facial paralysis. A preliminary report. Plast Reconstr Surg 1976, 57:133-143.