Innervated temporal-muscle mastoid flaps.
Histological comparisons have been made of predicted temporal-muscle flaps with and without an intact nerve supply. The viability of the musculoplasty depends on maintenance of the neural bundle.
D000818:Animals; D000882:Haplorhini; D008416:Mastoid / Q000601:surgery*; D009121:Muscle Denervation / Q000009:adverse effects; D009132:Muscles / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014022:Tissue Survival; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000637:transplantation