Functional Upgrading of Partially Recovered Facial Palsy by Cross-Face Nerve Grafting with Distal End-to-Side Neurorrhaphy
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Frey, Manfred; Giovanoli, Pietro; Michaelidou, Maria
- Source
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; February 2006, Vol. 117 Issue: 2 p597-608, 12p
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- Language
- ISSN
- 00321052; 15294242
Cross-face nerve grafting combined with functional muscle transplantation has become the standard in reconstructing an emotionally controlled smile in complete irreversible facial palsy. A special problem exists in incomplete or partially recovered facial palsies, when the little existing function should be preserved but the existing function aloneis clinically insufficient.