McLaughlin's legacy in the current treatment of facial palsy

A Poker; E Pescarini; C Nduka; R Y Kannan

doi:10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.07.009

McLaughlin's legacy in the current treatment of facial palsy

Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2019 Oct;57(8):791-792. doi: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.07.009. Epub 2019 Jul 23.

Authors

A Poker¹, E Pescarini², C Nduka³, R Y Kannan³

Affiliations

¹ Flinders University Medical School, Adelaide, Australia. Electronic address: poke0003@flinders.edu.au.
² Facial Palsy Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK; Clinic of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Padova University-Hospital, Italy. Electronic address: elena.pescarini@gmail.com.
³ Facial Palsy Unit, Queen Victoria Hospital, East Grinstead, UK.

PMID: 31345577
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2019.07.009

Abstract

Charles Redmond McLaughlin was a pioneer in both facial palsy surgery and in facial plastic surgery (East Grinstead, 1946-1969). Thanks to his work, the personalised treatment of facial palsy was begun.

Keywords: facial palsy; facial surgery history; pioneer surgery; smile restoration; temporalis myoplasty.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article

MeSH terms

Bell Palsy*
Facial Paralysis* / surgery
History, 20th Century
Humans
Nerve Transfer / methods
Plastic Surgery Procedures* / history
Plastic Surgery Procedures* / methods
Temporal Muscle / transplantation

Personal name as subject

Charles Redmond McLaughlin