Analysis of the ideal muscle weight of gracilis muscle transplants for facial reanimation surgery with regard to the donor nerve and outcome

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 459-468

  Braig, David ^a   Bannasch, Holger ^a   Stark, G Björn ^a   Eisenhardt, Steffen U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross facial nerve graft; Facial paralysis; Functional muscle transfer; Gracilis muscle; Masseteric nerve; Muscle weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DONOR; FACE REANIMATION; FACE SURGERY; FACIAL NERVE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRACILIS FLAP; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMAN; MALE; MASSETER MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION; NERVE GRAFT; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL PARALYSIS; INNERVATION; MORPHOMETRY; NERVE TRANSPLANTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRANSPLANTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; GRACILIS MUSCLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TRANSFER; PERIPHERAL NERVES; REOPERATION; SMILING; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TRANSPLANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011022921     PISSN: 17486815     EISSN: 18780539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjps.2016.12.005     Document Type: Article

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