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  • Title: [Rehabilitation of facial paralysis by temporal muscle flap and implantation of gold weights].
    Author: Fernández-Alba J, Salmerón JI, Calderón J, Acero J, López-Atalaya J, Navarro-Vila C.
    Journal: Acta Otorrinolaringol Esp; 1999; 50(1):20-8. PubMed ID: 10091345.
    Abstract:
    Facial paralysis is a severe disability that often produces major ocular disorders, cosmetic deformities, and, in many cases, functional incapacity for something as characteristic of human beings as facial expression. For these reasons, it is necessary to correct this defect as completely as possible to produce the best physiological result. Of the many methods available for the repair of the lesion, most authors agree that direct repair of the nerve is the most reliable technique. When this is not feasible, the use of gold weights for the eyelid and a temporalis muscle flap for the mouth are two easily realized methods that are reversible and produce good esthetic and functional results. As a result, this is the technique of choice for this disorder and it has the added advantage of being compatible with other procedures.
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