Free Neurovascularized Muscle Transfer in Facial Reanimation of Long-standing Facial Palsy Patients

NCT05222698 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2022-02-03

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Summary

The use of free Neurovascularized muscles like free latissimus and gracillis muscles for reanimation of long-standing facial palsy patients using the hypoglossal nerve for innervating these muscles

Conditions

  • Facial Paralysis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Facial reanimation surgery by free muscle trasfer.

Muscle flap harvesting from the back or from the thigh to be insetted to the paralyzed side of the face with microvascular anastomosis of the muscle pedicle to facial artery and vein.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Sohag University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ahmed Saber, Master · Sohag faculty of medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-04-30
Primary Completion
2024-10-31
Completion
2024-12-31

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