Application of the extended superficial musculoaponeurotic system flap to facial clefts.
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.
Mixter
R C
RC
Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Mercy Hospital, Janesville, Wiso, USA.
Carson
L V
LV
Walton
B J
BJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008342:Mandibulofacial Dysostosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000379:methods*