בשל "הגנת זכויות יוצרים" מובא להלן קישור לתקציר המאמר. לקריאתו בטקסט מלא, אנא פנה/י לספרייה הרפואית הזמינה לך. 

During a two-stage free gracilis muscle transfer (FGMT) to restore smile to patients with facial paralysis, some surgeons assess nerve regeneration through the cross-face nerve graft (CFNG) with the Tinel sign and a nerve biopsy.

We tested whether ultimate smile reanimation outcomes are correlated with (1) the Tinel sign or (2) myelinated axons of the biopsied CFNG at the time of FGMT.

Retrospective case series was performed at a tertiary care facial nerve center. Dynamic smile outcomes were quantified with Emotrics analysis of pre- and postoperative photographs.