Figure 18: Microsurgical transfer of a segment of the M. and neurotisation with the R. massetericus of N.V.
a: M. gracilis; b: Separation of the muscle; c: Free muscle graft; d: R. massetericus, loosely thightened with a vessel loop;
e: Transport of the muscle graft into the face; f: Situation after reanastomosis of the microvascular (*) and microneural (arrow) anastomosis