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Superficial fascial and muscular layers in the face and neck: A histological study

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The author emphasizes and clarifies some disputed anatomical points based on topographical histological studies of the superficial muscular and fibrous layers of the face and neck, made in 8 cadavers, 6 human fetuses, 3 monkeys, and 42 surgical specimens. The findings in this anatomical study should make certain plastic surgical operations of the face more understandable, especially the rhytidectomy as it is done today.

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  1. Department of Pathology (Pr A. Galian), U.F.R. Lariboisière-Saint Louis, Hôpital Lariboisière, 2 rue Ambroise Paré, 75475, Paris Cedex 10, France

    Michel Wassef M.D.

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Wassef, M. Superficial fascial and muscular layers in the face and neck: A histological study. Aesth. Plast. Surg. 11, 171–176 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01575505

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