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Title: [Surgical treatment of leprous facial paralysis in Iran (author's transl)]. Author: Bovet JL. Journal: Med Trop (Mars); 1980; 40(2):185-8. PubMed ID: 7382793. Abstract: Leprous facial paralysis appears more frequent in Iran than in other countries. The damaged branch is more often the upper one inducing lagophtalmos and, sometimes, associated with a trigeminal anesthesia. The ocular risk is great. When the lower branch is struck down, it gives an inesthetic deformity and speaking difficulty. As a consequence, surgical treatment is necessary and directed: --against lagophtalmos, with static or dynamic methods, --against the ptosis of commissura labiorum with several techniques available.[Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]