Patients affected by unilateral facial palsy often show partial or complete atrophy of the orbicularis oris. The lower hemilip on the affected side may have partial functional recover due to direct reinnervation stemming from the unaffected side. This explains why atrophy of the paralysed side is sometimes limited. Negative esthetic and functional findings include partial invisibility of the vermillion border due to lip inversion resulting from muscle flaccidity, asymmetry of the lower lip, oral incompetence, and speech and nutrition impairments of variable degree. In this study, we used Coleman lipofilling as a secondary and ancillary procedure to consolidate the results already obtained with dynamic reanimation, specifically aiming to reduce the volumetric loss due to atrophy of the orbicularis oris muscle.
Lipofilling of the atrophied lip in facial palsy patients = Lipofilling del labbro atrofico nei pazienti con paralisi facciale / F. Biglioli, F. Allevi, V.M. Battista, V. Colombo, M. Pedrazzoli, D. Rabbiosi. - In: MINERVA STOMATOLOGICA. - ISSN 0026-4970. - 63:3(2014 Mar), pp. 69-75.
Lipofilling of the atrophied lip in facial palsy patients = Lipofilling del labbro atrofico nei pazienti con paralisi facciale
F. BiglioliPrimo
;F. AlleviSecondo
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2014
Abstract
Patients affected by unilateral facial palsy often show partial or complete atrophy of the orbicularis oris. The lower hemilip on the affected side may have partial functional recover due to direct reinnervation stemming from the unaffected side. This explains why atrophy of the paralysed side is sometimes limited. Negative esthetic and functional findings include partial invisibility of the vermillion border due to lip inversion resulting from muscle flaccidity, asymmetry of the lower lip, oral incompetence, and speech and nutrition impairments of variable degree. In this study, we used Coleman lipofilling as a secondary and ancillary procedure to consolidate the results already obtained with dynamic reanimation, specifically aiming to reduce the volumetric loss due to atrophy of the orbicularis oris muscle.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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