Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1580-1588 , December 2009

Masseteric-facial nerve coaptation – an alternative technique for facial nerve reinnervation

  • C.J. Coombs

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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  • E.W. Ek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 401 356 400; fax: +61 3 9887 8617.
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  • T. Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 401 356 400; fax: +61 3 9887 8617.
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  • H. Cleland

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    • ,
  • M.K. Leung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

Received 31 October 2007 ,Accepted 20 May 2008.

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☆ Presentation: Annual Scientific Congress, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons – Christchurch, New Zealand, May 2007.

PII: S1748-6815(08)00789-4

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.05.046

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1580-1588 , December 2009

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