Facial paralysis grading system: A new and simple Smile Excursion Score for evaluating facial reanimation surgery

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 210-213

  Tzou, Chieh Han John ^a,b   Chuang, David Chwei Chin ^a   Chen, Hsin Hung ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Facial palsy; Facial paralysis; Facial reanimation; Objective facial grading system; Scoring system; Smile Excursion Score; Smile reanimation; Tooth exposure

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMILING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84927116713     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e318295dec2     Document Type: Article

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