Experimental Study of Muscle-Nerve-Muscle Neurotization

C. Kermer; W. Millesi; T. Paternostro; M. Nuhr; A. Sabbas

doi:10.1055/s-2000-8397

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J Reconstr Microsurg 2000; Volume 16(Number 7): 0569-0572
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-8397

Experimental Study of Muscle-Nerve-Muscle Neurotization

C. Kermer, W. Millesi, T. Paternostro, M. Nuhr, A. Sabbas

University Clinic for Maxillofacial Surgery; Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Experimental Plastic Surgery; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; and Department of Anatomy, University of Vienna, Austria

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31 December 2000 (online)

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ABSTRACT

-A laboratory model for the study of possible reinnervation by muscle-nerve-muscle (MNM) neurotization is presented. Preliminary studies revealed that MNM neurotization occurs in synergistically closely-related facial muscles. However, for larger antagonistic somatic muscle (flexor and extensor), this phenomenon could not be reproduced. The potential clinical relevance of these findings is presented and discussed.