Patient info
Gender:
Male
Procedure:
Smile Reanimation
Procedure Description:
Procedure: Unilateral sliding temporalis myoplasty
Lower lip myectomy
8-year-old boy with unilateral facial paralysis following brain tumor excision, underwent single-stage sliding temporalis myoplasty for smile reanimation. He also underwent simultaneous lower lip myectomy (ie, muscle excision) of the non-paralyzed side for symmetry. Shown here nearly 2 years postop with excellent symmetry of smile.
Surgeon
- Andre Panossian, MD
- Physician
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Location
- United States, CA, Pasadena, 39 Congress St., Suite 402, 91105
- 626-765-6885
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