Fifteen-year survey of one-stage latissimus dorsi muscle transfer for treatment of longstanding facial paralysis

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-36

  Takushima, Akihiko ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^a   Asato, Hirotaka ^b   Kurita, Masakazu ^a   Shiraishi, Tomohiro ^a  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Facial paralysis; Latissimus dorsi muscle; Muscle transfer; Neurovascular free muscle

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONVALESCENCE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHEEK; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMILING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871353094     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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