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FREE GRACILIS MUSCLE TRANSPLANTATION, WITH MICRONEUROVASCULAR ANASTOMOSES FOR THE TREATMENT OF FACIAL PARALYSIS
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery · 1976 · Vol. 57(2) · pp. 133–143
Kiyonori Harii✉(Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital)Kitaro Ohmori(Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital)Shuhei Torii(Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital)Kiyonori Harii(Tokyo Metropolitan Police Hospital)
Abstract
A clinical operative technique for free muscle transplantation by microneurovascular anastomoses is presented. Two cases of free transfer of the gracilis muscle for dynamic reconstruction of facial paralysis are described, including a follow-up study with electromyography, light microscopy, and electron microscopy. We feel this new technique will have a wide range of application in reconstructive surgery.
Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and ResearchOrgan and Tissue Transplantation ResearchEar Surgery and Otitis MediaMedicineGracilis muscleAnastomosisFacial paralysisTransplantationSurgeryFree flapElectromyographyParalysisFacial muscles
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AdultArteriesFaceFacial NerveFacial ParalysisHumansMaleMethodsMicrosurgeryMusclesPeripheral NervesThighTransplantation, AutologousVeins
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