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Abstract
Fourteen patients with a loss of function of the seventh nerve have undergone temporalis
transfer operations for the resulting lagopthalmos. A detailed description of the
operation is given. Ten of the fourteen patients have had good or excellent results.
The preservation of all other normally functioning cranial nerves and the dynamic
nature of this procedure combined with its low morbidity have led the authors to believe
that temporalis transfer is the preferred method of repair of lagopthalmos resulting
from seventh nerve palsy.
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