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Indications for free muscle-nerve grafts in facial paralysis are limited to the long-standing palsy when the local muscles are atrophic and reinnervation is no longer possible. This includes paralysis of traumatic, tumoral and congenital origins. Considering the length of the operation, the importance of the surgical trauma and the long delay between the operation and the first sign of muscular action, we have never practiced this type of surgery on elderly patients or on patients with short life expectancy.
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Botta-Kauer, Y., Montandon, D. (1981). Our Experience With Free Muscle Nerve Graft in Facial Palsy. In: Freilinger, G., Holle, J., Carlson, B.M. (eds) Muscle Transplantation. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8618-3_16
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