作者
Davide Thomas Panciera, Claudio Sampieri, Alberto Deganello, Giovanni Danesi
发表日期
2017/12
期刊
Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery
卷号
157
期号
6
页码范围
966-972
出版商
SAGE Publications
简介
Objective
Evaluate outcomes of the lengthening temporalis myoplasty in facial reanimations.
Study Design
Case series with planned data collection.
Setting
Ospedali Riuniti, Bergamo, and AOUC Careggi, Florence, Italy.
Subjects and Methods
From 2011 to 2016, 11 patients underwent lengthening temporalis myoplasty; demographic data were collected for each. Pre- and postoperative photographs and videos were recorded and used to measure the smile angle and the excursion of the oral commissure, according to the SMILE system (Scaled Measurements of Improvement in Lip Excursion). All patients were tested with the Facial Disability Index, and they also completed a questionnaire about the adherence to physiotherapy indications.
Results
All patients demonstrated a significant improvement in functional parameters and in quality of life. On the reanimated side, the mean z-line and a-value, measured when …
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