Yang Chuan , Cai Peipei , Dong Jiashen.
  • Department of Plastic Surgery, Ninth Hospital of Shanghai, Shanghai. 200011.;
Neurovascularized muscle bundle; Reinnervation of muscle; Facial paralysis.
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Using transplantation of free muscle with microneurovascular anastomosis for 46 cases of late facial paralysis, we selected M. latissimus dorsi as neurovascularized muscle bundle graft in 28 of them. This was not only an operation for facial dynamic reconstruction but also a new method for reinnervation of oral and ocular sphincter. After operation all of them revealed symmetry with voluntary motions. The results were satisfactory. The indications for surgical treatment, the procedure, and the management after the treatment were discussed in details. The importance of reeducation of the regenerating nerve and the necessity of twostaged operation were also discussed.

Citation： Yang Chuan,Cai Peipei,Dong Jiashen.. CLINICAL USE OF TRANSPLANTATION OF FREE MUSCLE GRAFT WITH NEUROVAS CULAR BUNDLE FOR TREATMENT OF LATE FACIAL PARALYSIS. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 1995, 9(2): 84-87. doi: Copy