Various facial reanimation procedures can be performed for treating patients with chronic facial nerve paralysis. The radiologic imaging features of static and dynamic techniques are reviewed in this article with clinical correlation, including brow lift, eyelid weights and springs, gracilis free flaps, fascia lata grafts, temporalis flaps, and Gore-Tex suspension slings. Although the anatomic ...

Blind nasal intubation has been one of the favoured methods of intubating the trachea in patients with restricted mouth opening and thus a difficult laryngoscopy and oro-tracheal intubation. Here, we describe airway management of patient who presented with traumatic ankylosis of the right temporomandibular joint and reduced mouth opening that was planned for elective release of the ankylosis an...

OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS To describe the elements critical to successful middle temporal artery periosteal rotational flap harvest and utilization based on the anatomic features of the middle temporal artery. STUDY DESIGN Description of anatomy based on cadaver dissection. METHODS Seventy temporal fossa dissections were performed on 35 adult human cadavers. RESULTS Sixty-nine of 70 dissectio...