title: [A simple procedure for the passive suspension of the paralyzed labial commissure].
abstract: Different techniques can be used to repair paralytic labial commissurae. Ideally, microsurgical procedures or dynamic suspension methods can correct kinetic paralysis but in certain patients (elderly subjects, poor general health, precarious postsurgical rehabilitation) such procedures may represent an excessively aggressive procedure. We therefore used static suspension of the paralytic labial commissurae based on desepidermization of a nasogeneal flap. This simple technique is easy to perform and is our method of choice for static suspension because the flap pulls the paralysed commissurae upward and doubles the tissue cover, helping overcome buccinator incompetence.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Maxillo-Faciale et Plastique de la Face, CHU Pité-Salpêtrière, Paris.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Divaris
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abdelmoula
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenstiel
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Vaillant
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bertrand
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Guilbert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*; D014143:Traction
vernacular_title: Procédé simple de suspension passive de la commissure labiale paralytique.