Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Korean Association of Maxillofacial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons (대한악안면성형재건외과학회)
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A CASE REPORT OF SURGICAL CORRECTION OF POSTTRAUMATIC LAGOPHTHALMOS

외상에 의한 마비성 토안(兎眼)의 외과적 치험례

  • Lee, Tae-Young (Div. of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery, Dept. of Dentistry, National Medical Center) ;
  • Chung, Bong-Jun (Div. of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery, Dept. of Dentistry, National Medical Center) ;
  • Kim, Myung-Sub (Div. of Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery, Dept. of Dentistry, National Medical Center)
  • 이태영 (국립의료원 치과 구강 악안면외과) ;
  • 정봉준 (국립의료원 치과 구강 악안면외과) ;
  • 김명섭 (국립의료원 치과 구강 악안면외과)
  • Published : 1990.08.31
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Abstract

Patients with facial paralysis, in whom nerve damage is irreparable or in whom the innervation of the paralyzed musculature cannot be restored by nerve suture, grafting, or cross-face nerve transplantation, should be offered some form of reconstructive static and dynamic aid. Temporalis muscle-fascia unit used as a circumorbital sling and motor unit is a dynamic controlled reconstructive procedure, but it has several disadvantages such as wide surgical exposure, bulky-looking at lateral canthal area, insufficient voluntary control. This is a case report of facial palsy of posttraumatic lagophthalmos of 41-year-old male, which was corrected by temporalis muscle-tendon transfer with plantaris tendon transplantation.

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