[A new myoplasty method using the temporal muscle and cartilage allograft with the perichondrium]

The authors have for the first time achieved good results in experimental operations performed in 2 cadavers and 8 laboratory animals. A female patient suffering from progressive facial hemiatrophy was operated on with good results. The authors have revealed that facial deformation associated with Parry-Romberg's syndrome may be eliminated by myoplasty with the temporal muscle combined with transplantation of the allocartilage covered with perichondrium.