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Procedures for various reconstructive procedures are done by a head and neck surgeon or otolaryngologist. These procedures include facial trauma reconstruction to correct facial fractures or lacerations that may be the result of vehicular accidents, fights, and animal bites that affect the eye socket, brow, jawbone, and cheekbone. Another is cleft lip repair, which is the surgical correction of the cleft lip birth deformity. The procedure is typically performed during a child’s first three to six months.
According to Dr. Dean Toriumi, the other common types of facial reconstructive surgery are microtia repair (for congenital missing ear), scar revision for hiding facial scars, facial paralysis (which improves facial deformity due to facial paralysis caused by, say, a stroke), and cancer reconstruction (which repairs facial cancer defects with the transfer of muscle, skin, or bone from a different part of the body).
Dr. Dean Toriumi is a Professor and Director of Resident Research in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Illinois in Chicago. Visit this blog for related reviews of facial plastic surgery procedures.
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