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Facial Reanimation

ABC 7 News featured a story about a 25-year-old young woman who underwent facial reanimation surgery with Dr. Daniel Knott and Dr. Rahul Seth at UCSF Mission Bay. She had left-sided facial paralysis for 4 years resulting from a stroke and wants to regain her smile and ability to breathe through her nose.  Full story can be found at the following outlets: ABC 7 News, Yahoo, and Daily Mail.

Pre-operation
Left-sided facial paralysis as a result of a stroke.
Now can close eyes, and smile with the left side of the face.
Pre-operation Post-operation video

Parotid Cancer Facial Reanimation

Pre-operation complete flaccid paralysis
Right nerve to masseter and cable grafting for patient’s right side facial reanimation. Also performed is an anterolateral thigh free flap for facial contour re-establishment.
Now with a full and normal smile on the right side.
Pre-operation video Post-operation video

Temporalis Tendon Transfer/Lengthening Temporalis Myoplasty

Pre-operation complete flaccid paralysis
Pre-operation complete flaccid paralysis (at rest and with animation)
5 week following temporalis tendon transfer with brow lift (at rest and with animation)
5 week following temporalis tendon transfer with brow lift (at rest and with animation)
5 week post-operation video
3 years following temporalis tendon transfer and brow lift (at rest and with animation)
3 years following temporalis tendon transfer and brow lift (at rest and with animation)
3 year post-operation video
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Pre-operation complete flaccid paralysis
Pre-operation complete flaccid paralysis (at rest and with animation)
Pre-operation video
3 months following lengthening temporalis myoplasty, tarsal strip (at rest and with animation)
3 months following lengthening temporalis myoplasty, tarsal strip (at rest and with animation)
3 month post-operation video
Pre-operation complete flaccid paralysis (at rest and with animation) Pre-operation video 3 months following lengthening temporalis myoplasty, tarsal strip 3 month post-operation video

 

Pre-operation complete flaccid paralysis
Pre-operation complete flaccid paralysis (at rest and with animation)
Pre-operation video
5 week following temporalis tendon transfer with brow lift
5 years following temporalis tendon transfer (at rest and with animation)
5 year post-operation video
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Gracilis Microneurvascular Transfer

Pre-operation video
Post-operation video
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Patient with 20 year history of facial paralysis
Patient with 20 year history of facial paralysis
Pre-operation video
Post-operation video
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Masseteric to Facial Nerve Transfer

Facial nerve pre-op: masseteric to facial nerve transfer
12 months following masseteric to facial nerver transfer and with motor nerve cable graft
Pre-operation video
Post-operation video
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Facial nerve pre-op: masseteric to facial nerve transfer
3 months following masseteric to facial nerve coaptation
Pre-operation video
Post-operation video
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Parotid Surgery Facial Reanimation

Parotid Surgery Facial Reanimation
Parotid Surgery Facial Reanimation
Parotid Surgery Facial Reanimation
Parotid Surgery Facial Reanimation
Parotid Surgery Facial Reanimation
Parotid Surgery Facial Reanimation