Recent presentation at European Plastic Surgery Meeting

Mr Morley recently presented a paper at the European Association of Plastic Surgeons on the subject of facial reanimation surgery in complex cases. The conference was held in Helsinki in May 2019. The presentation concerned techniques for restoring the smile in patients who had had damage to either the facial nerve or the muscles that allow the face to move. Most of the examples used free tissue transfer which is a technique meaning muscles can be moved from other parts of the body to restore movement to the face. The paper was well received. Many techniques are available to restore facial movement in cases of facial paralysis; these can include nerve grafting, nerve transfers or free tissue transfer.