Quality-of-life improvement after free gracilis muscle transfer for smile restoration in patients with facial paralysis

JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 419-424

  Lindsay, Robin W ^a   Bhama, Prabhat ^a   Hadlock, Tessa A ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TRANSFER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMILING; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84911467953     PISSN: 21686076     EISSN: 21686092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamafacial.2014.679     Document Type: Article

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