Abstract
Möbius syndrome is a rare congenital bilateral facial palsy. It has been reconstructed using several techniques including local muscle transfer and free muscle transplantation. We report a case of Mobius syndrome reconstructed by free muscle transplantation. A 19-year-old woman had a congenital bilateral facial palsy, poor tongue motion and normal masseter. The treatment procedure used was a free bilateral latissimus dorsi muscle transplant and we chose the masseter motor nerve of as the recipient nerve. The patient gained an early "smile" and was satisfied with this result.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 439-443 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Japanese Journal of Plastic Surgery |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2006 Apr |