Facial animation with gracilis muscle transplant reinnervated via cross-face graft: Does it change patients’ quality of life?

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 934-939

  Bianchi, Bernardo ^a   Ferri, Andrea ^a   Poddi, Valentina ^a   Varazzani, Andrea ^a   Ferrari, Silvano ^a   Pedrazzi, Giuseppe ^b   Sesenna, Enrico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cross graft; Facial animation; Facial palsy; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELL PALSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CROSS FACE GRAFT; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL DISABILITY INDEX; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS ASSESSMENT; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE GRAFT; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; FACIES; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FACIES; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE FLAPS; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMILING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84981303302     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: 18784119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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