PR26FACIAL RE-ANIMATION

The author will cover the various methods he has had experience with in facial re-animation over the years including free vascularised muscle transfers, cross face nerve grafting and temporalis and masseter transfers. The long term results of some of these techniques and the pitfalls associated with them and the lessons learned by the author over the years will be discussed. In summary, free vascularised transfers have now been abandoned in favour of temporalis and masseter muscle transfers using a modified technique to avoid facial scars. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]