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Anatomy and Histology of the Mimic Muscles and the Supplying Facial Nerve

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For several years now free muscle transplantation has been the treatment of choice for dynamic reanimation of the paralysed face. Different skeletal muscles such as the m. gracilis and the m. pectoralis minor are used. However, despite the fact that the skeletal muscles showed good voluntary contraction after transplantation in many cases, they are not capable of producing emotional expressions. Skeletal muscles have been extensively investigated [4], but few data have been published about the mimic muscle system [1–3], in addition, the mimic muscles were cited in the same group as skeletal muscles [6]. This study was done to get more information about the delicate mimic muscle system.

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  1. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Surgical University Clinic, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    W. Happak

  2. Department of Plastic Surgery, Second Surgical Clinic, Austria

    G. Burggasser, H. Gruber & G. Freilinger

  3. III. Department of Anatomy, University of Vienna, Austria

    G. Burggasser, H. Gruber & G. Freilinger

  4. Department of Plastic Surgery, Zhong Shan Hospital University, Shanghai, China

    J. Liu

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  1. Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Universität zu Köln, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, D-50924, Köln, Germany

    E. R. Stennert

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie und Neuromorphologie, Am Klopferspitz 18a, D-82152, Martinsried, Germany

    G. W. Kreutzberg

  3. Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenheilkunde, Joseph-Stelzmann-Str. 9, D-50924, Köln, Germany

    O. Michel (Ltd. Oberarzt) & M. Jungehülsing (Wiss. Mitarbeiter) (Ltd. Oberarzt) &  (Wiss. Mitarbeiter)

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Happak, W., Burggasser, G., Liu, J., Gruber, H., Freilinger, G. (1994). Anatomy and Histology of the Mimic Muscles and the Supplying Facial Nerve. In: Stennert, E.R., Kreutzberg, G.W., Michel, O., Jungehülsing, M. (eds) The Facial Nerve. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85090-5_23

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