Patient info
Gender:
Female
Procedure:
Smile Reanimation
Procedure Description:
Procedure: Unilateral sliding temporalis myoplasty Lower lip myectomy
6-year-old girl with facial paralysis following brain tumor excision, underwent smile reanimation using a sliding temporalis myoplasty. To establish symmetry of her smile in one surgery, she underwent simultaneous excision of her active lower lip depressor muscle (ie, lower lip myectomy) on the non-paralyzed side. Shown here at 3 months postop with excellent symmetry of smile and good control.
Surgeon
- Andre Panossian, MD
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Location
- United States, CA, Pasadena, 39 Congress St., Suite 402, 91105
- 626-765-6885
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