Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1589-1597 , December 2009

Dual innervation method using one-stage reconstruction with free latissimus dorsi muscle transfer for re-animation of established facial paralysis: simultaneous reinnervation of the ipsilateral masseter motor nerve and the contralateral facial nerve to improve the quality of smile and emotional facial expressions

Received 9 June 2008 ,Accepted 24 July 2008.

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☆ The abstract of this article was presented in part at the 34th Japanese Society of Reconstructive Microsurgery in Fukushima, Japan on October 18, 2007; the 9th Japan–Korea Congress of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Okinawa, Japan on February, 2008.

PII: S1748-6815(08)00902-9

doi: 10.1016/j.bjps.2008.07.025

Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1589-1597 , December 2009

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