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Imaging of Facial Muscles in Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy: An Exploratory Study Comparing Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Ultrasound. [PDF]

Muscle Nerve
ABSTRACT Aims Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a genetic progressive muscle disorder often presenting with facial weakness. However, imaging studies specifically evaluating facial muscle involvement and its relationship with clinical severity remain limited. This preliminary study explored magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and ultrasound
Pistoia F, Faedo E, Macciò M, Marcenaro G, Susi ME, Hamedani M, Caramellino V, Massucco S, Vollaro AFM, Mandich P, Gotta F, Picasso R, Zaottini F, Grandis M, Martinoli C.   +14 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Effect of pre-orthodontic trainer treatment on the masticatory and perioral muscles in patients with class II subdivision 1 malocclusion evaluated by surface EMG [PDF]

Folia Medica, 2023
Introduction: Myofunctional appliances have been shown to have a positive effect on the muscles in the facial area. Surface electromyography (sEMG) is one of the reliable methods used to investigate these effects.
Vladimir Bogdanov, Miroslava Dinkova, Diana Tsakova   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Local Administration of Insulin-Like Growth Factor 1 Attenuates Neuronal Loss and Muscle Atrophy in a Guinea Pig Model of Severe Facial Paralysis. [PDF]

Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol
ABSTRACT Objective To investigate the effects of locally administered insulin‐like growth factor‐1 (IGF‐1) on facial motor neurons, nerve fibers, and muscles in a severe facial paralysis model. Methods Severe unilateral facial paralysis was induced in guinea pigs (Cavia porcellus) by 5‐s cryospray injury to the facial nerve canal with the bony wall ...
Tanaka T, Yamada H, Takagi R, Iwata S, Kimura T, Joko T, Wakisaka H, Hato N.   +7 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Kaplan's commissuroplasty and myoplasty technique in the reconstruction of isolated bilateral transverse facial clefts

Journal of Clinical Sciences, 2018
Bilateral transverse facial clefts are a rarity and are often isolated without other craniofacial deformities. The goals of surgery are to reestablish function and an esthetically pleasing outcome through the reconstruction of a functioning orbicularis ...
Abdulrasheed Ibrahim, Lawal M Abubakar, Daniel J Maina, Wasiu O Adebayo, Abdullatif M Kabir, Malachy E Asuku   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The neurotised estlander flap for lip reconstruction

JPRAS Open, 2021
Summary: The Estlander flap is an axial-pattern, lip-switch technique used to reconstruct lip defects that include the oral commissure. We describe a neurotised modification that may confer functional advantages by preserving sensation and helping to ...
Marco Correia Duarte, Dariush Nikkhah, Norbert Kang   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Examining facial power-cranial nerve VII puff out your cheeks (orbicularis oris)

, 2021
Examining facial power-cranial nerve VII- examiner asks patient to puff out your cheeks (orbicularis oris)https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/clinicalskills_neuroexam/1544/thumbnail ...
Clinical Neurological Sciences, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
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Innovative Method To Repair Microform Cleft Lip Through Labialline Incision

International Dental Journal
Aim or purpose: To introduces a new method of surgical repair of micro-form cleft lips, reconstruction of orbicularis oris muscle through the labial line incision to rebuild the philtrum crest and philtrum concave. Materials and methods: 62 patients with
Hongping Zhu
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Congenital Epidermoid Cyst Results in Muscle Fusion Defect in the Upper Lip

Case Reports in Otolaryngology, 2014
Epidermoid cysts are rarely detected malformations in the oral cavity. Their development sites are the sublingual, submaxillary, and submandibular spaces.
Fatih Dogan, Ibrahim Hakan Bucak
doaj   +1 more source

Extratemporal Facial Nerve: Surgical Landmarks, Risk Zones, and a Practical Framework for Safe Dissection [PDF]

Laryngoscope Investig Otolaryngol
ABSTRACT Purpose To provide a clinically relevant synthesis of the extratemporal facial nerve, focusing on anatomical variability, surgical landmarks, and regions at risk of injury. Method A narrative review of the literature was performed, examining the extratemporal facial nerve across the parotid, midface, jawline, perioral, temporal, periorbital ...
Sagkriotis E, Gyftopoulos K, Goulioumis A.   +2 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Regional Histological Anatomy of the Supraperiosteal Tissues of the Oral Cavity: Implications for Periodontal Flap Surgery and Periosteal Releasing Incisions

Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Periodontal and implant procedures increasingly involve tissue planes superficial to the periosteum, yet their regional anatomy remains poorly understood. This study conducted a histological investigation of the supraperiosteal anatomy of the oral cavity and its implications for periosteal releasing incisions (PRIs).
Joe Iwanaga, Norio Kitagawa, Michitsuna Katafuchi, Tsuyoshi Tanaka, Yusuke Hamada, Peter O. Cabrera, R. Shane Tubbs   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source