The role of facial muscle resection in reconstruction of the paralyzed face.
The technique of resecting the levator labii superioris alaeque nasi muscle can help improve nasal symmetry and is a useful ancillary procedure in reconstruction of the paralyzed face. In 3 patients with facial paralysis, this technique markedly changed the nasal deviation seen at rest and also affected the nasolabial angle and medial nasolabial fold. A patient report is presented.
Pessa
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Department of Surgery, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756.
Crimmins
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CA
D000328:Adult; D005146:Facial Asymmetry / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods