Effect of Distal Masseter to Facial Nerve Transfer in Paralytic Patients with Preserved Facial Nerve Continuity on Improving Scaled Measurement of Improvement in Lip Excursion (SMILE): A Vectoral Analysis.

Published in: Turkish archives of otorhinolaryngology (2020)

Facial paralysis patients with an asymmetric smile benefit from distal masseter-to-facial nerve transfer and it improves smile excursion dramatically. This effect was especially prominent in the vertical component of the smiling vector.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
peripheral nerve
minimally invasive
electron transfer
solid state