Age-related outcome of facial reanimation surgery using cross face nerve graft and gracilis free functional muscle transfer-A retrospective cohort study.
Jakob B W WeissFelicitas SpuerckBranislav KollarSteffen U EisenhardtPublished in: Microsurgery (2022)
The outcome of CFNG-driven gracilis FFMT is age-related. Static as well as dynamic facial symmetry after two-stage facial reanimation was best in the pediatric and young adult population. For older patients, other approaches like the nerve-to-masseter-driven FFMT should be considered.