Full face allotransplantation procurement with en block facial nerve dissection as a way to increase neurotization possibilities for targeted reinnervation.
Department of Plastic, Reconstructive and Maxillofacial Surgery, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Porto Medical School, Porto, Portugal.
Ricardo
R
Horta
Rita
R
Valença-Filipe
Diana
D
Monteiro
Alvaro
A
Silva
José
J
Amarante
D004210:Dissection; D005154:Facial Nerve / Q000637:transplantation*; D054445:Facial Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D006801:Humans; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D010306:Parotid Gland / Q000294:innervation*