title: Application of the extended superficial musculoaponeurotic system flap to facial clefts.
abstract: We believe that the extended SMAS technique may be useful in selected facial cleft patients. In three Treacher Collins patients, this technique produced a modest improvement in the quantity and quality of the malar soft tissue that had not been achieved after orbitozygomatic or maxillomandibular surgery.
authors.affiliation: Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mercy Hospital, Janesville, Wiso, USA.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Mixter
authors.forename: L V
authors.initials: LV
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Walton
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008342:Mandibulofacial Dysostosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*