The Treatment of Facial Paralysis by Tantalum Wire Suspension

Histoire de la paralysie faciale

“…Schultz [72] fabriqua un ensemble en titane comprenant une plaque soutenue par des fils amarrés à l'aponévrose temporale. En 1967, Lalardrie [57] inclut dans le sillon nasogénien un fil d'acier enrobé de dacron sur lequel se fixent les bandelettes de suspension.…”

Reconstruction of the Paralyzed Face With the Polypropylene Mesh Template

“…The original use of fine-metal meshes and suspension wires proved them to be too brittle for long-term implanta¬ tion. 6 The introduction of newer plas¬ tic reconstructive materials has also made them available for facial sus¬ pensions but without sufficient longterm clinical reports.7 This polypropylene mesh material has been used in countless cases involving soft-tissue support in the abdomen, chest, and neck regions. No long-term untoward effects of the implantation of polypro¬ pylene have yet been reported.…”