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| Primary Author: |
Fry, H.
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| Journal Title: |
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
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| Date Published: |
Dec-88 |
| Language: |
English
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| Category: |
Orofacial Disorders
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| Key Words: |
eye French horn performance musician instrument plastic surgery |
| Full Citation: |
Fry, H. J. Correspondence: Repair of the Orbicularis Oris in Horn Players. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 82, no. 6 (December 1988): 1103. |
| Full Abstract: |
Dr. Fry makes distinctions to damage of the orbicularis oris according to the nature of the injury: localized or general/diffuse. Dr. Fry has seen wind instrumental musician patients whose chief complaint was radiating pain of both lips, suggesting asymmetrical, general damage. Dr. Planas' successful treatment of a ruptured orbicularis oris inspired this surgeon to look harder for symptoms which would suggest a localized rupture. This distinction is significant as surgery may successfully treat localized damage, while it would not be effective in cases of diffuse damage. |
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