Table 1. Procedures for Rehabilitation of Prolonged Facial Paralysis

Dynamic Reanimation

I. Interposition nerve grafts
II. Crossover reinnervation procedures
     Hypoglossal
     Ansa hypoglossi
     Cross-facial
III. Regional muscle transfer
     Temporalis
     Massater
     Digastric
IV. Microneurovascular free-flap
     Gracilis
     Latissimus dorsi
     Rectus abdominis
     Serratus anterior
     Pectoralis minor
     Abductor hallucis
     Extensor digitorum brevis

     

Static Reanimation and Cosmetic Procedures

I. Eyelid procedures
     Goldweight
     Spring
     Lower lid tightening
II. Brow and forehead lift
III. Correction of midfacial deformity
     Slings
     Fascia lata
     Alloplastic sheets
     Malar augmentation
IV. Facelift
V. Lower lip wedge resection
VI. Botulinum toxin



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