Experimental study of muscle-nerve-muscle neurotization
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Published on: September 13, 2015
C Kermer1, W Millesi, T Paternostro
1University Clinic for Maxillofacial Surgery, Medical School, University of Vienna, Austria.
Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery
|November 18, 2000
Abstract:
A laboratory model for the study of possible reinnervation by muscle-nerve-muscle (MNM) neurotization is presented. Preliminary studies revealed that MNM neurotization occurs in synergistically closely-related facial muscles. However, for larger antagonistic somatic muscle (flexor and extensor), this phenomenon could not be reproduced. The potential clinical relevance of these findings is presented and discussed.

