Open AccessTemporalis pull-through vs fascia lata augmentation in facial reanimation for facial paralysis
Author(s) -
SM Balaji
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
annals of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 6
ISSN - 2231-0746
DOI - 10.4103/2231-0746.200323
Subject(s) - medicine , fascia lata , facial symmetry , facial paralysis , palsy , surgery , fascia , facial muscles , facial nerve , anastomosis , anatomy , alternative medicine , pathology
Surgical rehabilitation of facial palsy is challenging as each case is unique and success rate is often unpredictable. In one technique, temporalis is elevated from origin preserving vessels, and this elevation increases the length which is tunneled into buccal tissues (pull-through technique, Group A). In the other technique, a harvested fascia lata is attached to temporalis after a coronoidectomy release and the fascia lata is attached to the modiolus (Group B). The aim of this study is to compare the two different surgical techniques.