Masseteric nerve use in facial reanimation

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 284-290

  Henstrom, Douglas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

facial nerve; facial reanimation; gracilis muscle; masseteric nerve; neuromuscular transplant

Indexed keywords

FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FACIAL NERVE SURGERY; FACIAL REANIMATION; HUMAN; MASSETER NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE GRAFT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGICAL ANATOMY; FACE MUSCLE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; INNERVATION; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES;

FACIAL MUSCLES; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; HUMANS; MASSETER MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE TRANSFER; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SMILING;

EID: 84904265304     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0000000000000070     Document Type: Review

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