title: A theory explaining the development of late-onset tightening or contracture in patients who have undergone facial reanimation surgery with free functional muscle transfers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery; Royal Free Hospital; London, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Anthony H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: MacQuillan
authors.forename: Adriaan O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Grobbelaar
authors.forename: Fulvio Urso
authors.initials: FU
authors.lastname: Baiarda
mesh_terms: D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology*; D005152:Facial Muscles / Q000294:innervation / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D016067:Nerve Transfer; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods*; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors