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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
Oral commissure reconstruction with split masseter muscle transposition and cheek skin flap
Y Demir1, O Latifoğlu, R Yavuzer
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Afyon Kocatepe University, Afyon, Turkey. yavserbar@yahoo.com
Abstract:
Satisfactory reconstruction of the cheek involving the oral commissure is always challenging. A 64-year-old male patient underwent full-thickness repair of a cheek defect involving the oral commissure following excision of squamous cell carcinoma. Reconstruction was performed with a cheek skin flap combined with split masseter muscle transposition. This method was found to be useful for reconstructing the oral commissure with good functional and aesthetic results.

