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Single-stage Dynamic Reanimation of the Smile in Irreversible Facial Paralysis by Free Functional Muscle Transfer
Published on: March 1, 2015
Total soft-tissue reconstruction of the middle and lower face with multiple simultaneous free flaps in a pediatric
J D Burt1, A J Burns, A R Muzaffar
1Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75235, USA. jay.burns@dpsi.org
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
|June 14, 2000
Abstract:
A 2-year-old boy sustained a massive facial soft-tissue wound secondary to a dog attack. Essentially all the soft tissues of the face were absent, including innervation and intraoral lining. We describe the reconstruction of this defect with five simultaneous free tissue transfers. To our knowledge, this is the first report of five simultaneous free flaps in any patient.
