Treatment of Prolonged Facial Paralysis With Temporalis Myoplasty and Electrical Stimulation

Narin S., Barutcu A.

JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES-TURKISH, cilt.28, sa.4, ss.513-519, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 28 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES-TURKISH
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.513-519
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Prolonged Facial Paralysis, Temporal muscle transfer, Electrical Stimulation, Short form-36 (SF-36), EMG, MUSCLES
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Objectives: The study goal was to determine whether electrical stimulation (ES) with subthreshold, continuous, low-frequency impulses is a viable clinical method for improving functional recovery after aplication of temporalis muscle transfer technique operation.