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Nerves Injuries During Rhytidoplasty: How to Avoid and Surgical Reparation

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Nerve injury in facial aesthetic surgery is not rare. Specially in facial lifting, the injuries may occur in the sensory and motor nerves. In this chapter, we describe the most injured nerves during face-lifting and our approach in terms of clinical and surgical treatment.

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Viterbo, F. (2021). Nerves Injuries During Rhytidoplasty: How to Avoid and Surgical Reparation. In: Avelar, J.M. (eds) Aesthetic Facial Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57973-9_60

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