We implanted traumatically severed auricular cartilage into the platysma muscle.
Francisco Veríssimo de Mello-Filho, Rui Celso Martins Mamede, Adilon Passinho Koury 1999, 'Use of a platysma myocutaneous flap for the reimplantation of a severed ear: experiencewith five cases', São Paulo Medical Journalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801999000500007&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Penetrating wounds were defined as injuries that penetrated beyond the platysma muscle.
José Cruvinel Neto, Rogério Aparecido Dedivitis 2011, 'Fatores prognósticos nos ferimentos cervicais penetrantes Prognostic factors of penetratingneck trauma', Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngologyhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942011000100020. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Skin as well as platysma was incised under the surgical microscope.
Xiang-chen WU, Xiao-guang TONG 2014, 'Study on microsurgical anatomy of external branch of superior laryngeal nerve relatedto carotid endarterectomy', Chinese Journal of Contemporary Neurology and Neurosurgeryhttp://www.cjcnn.org/index.php/cjcnn/article/view/875. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
It produced right hemiplegia, motor aphasia, "central" facial palsy and atrophy of right platysma muscle.
Fidias E. Leon-Sarmiento, María C. Montoya, John E. Camacho, Jaime Bayona-Prieto,Edgardo Bayona 2007, 'Hemiplejía con dos signos de Babinski Hemiplegia with two Babinski´s sign', Medicina (Buenos Aires)http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0025-76802007000400009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
After 9 months, a 4 × 9-cm platysma was transferred on its neurovascular pedicle.
Paul J. Guelinckx, MD, PhD 2018, 'Blink Restoration in Long-standing Facial Paralysis: Use of Free Neurovascular PlatysmaTransfer', Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Openhttp://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001939. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The surgical technique used was original and was based on the principle of auricular cartilage revascularizationusing the platysma muscle.
Francisco Veríssimo de Mello-Filho, Rui Celso Martins Mamede, Adilon Passinho Koury 1999, 'Use of a platysma myocutaneous flap for the reimplantation of a severed ear: experiencewith five cases', São Paulo Medical Journalhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-31801999000500007&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Platysma muscle flap meets these criteria.
Rakesh K Sandhir, Bharat R Jindal, Shivanjali Sandhir 2011, 'Role of platysma muscle flap in depressed scars of neck', Indian Journal of Plastic Surgeryhttp://www.ijps.org/article.asp?issn=0970-0358;year=2011;volume=44;issue=1;spage=72;epage=75;aulast=Sandhir. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Nerve coaptation between the cross-facial nerve graft and motor nerve of the platysma was also performed.
Paul J. Guelinckx, MD, PhD 2018, 'Blink Restoration in Long-standing Facial Paralysis: Use of Free Neurovascular PlatysmaTransfer', Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Openhttp://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001939. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Since 2004, microneurovascular platysma transfer has been used for dynamic eye closure in long-standing facial palsy.
Paul J. Guelinckx, MD, PhD 2018, 'Blink Restoration in Long-standing Facial Paralysis: Use of Free Neurovascular PlatysmaTransfer', Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Openhttp://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001939. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Procedures include cicatrix resection, contracture release, division and elevation of the platysma to form two platysma flaps, and skin grafting.
Xusong Luo, Fei Liu, Xi Wang, Qun Yang, Shoubao Wang, Xianyu Zhou, Yunliang Qian,Jun Yang, Lawrence Scott Levin 2015, 'Region-oriented and staged treatment strategy in reconstruction of severe cervicalcontracture.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4391837?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)