Is there an ideal facelift procedure?

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 244-252

  Carniol, Paul J ^a,b   Ganc, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Facelift; Rhytidectomy; S lift; SMASectomy; Suture lift

Indexed keywords

ANCHORED SUSPENSION SUTURE; FACE SURGERY; HUMAN; INCISION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMAL ACCESS CRANIAL SUSPENSION LIFT; PLASTIC SURGERY; PLATYSMA MUSCLE; PLATYSMA RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; RHYTIDOPLASTY; S LIFT; SKIN FLAP; SMASECTOMY; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUSPENSION SUTURE LIFT; SUTURE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

HUMANS; RHYTIDOPLASTY;

EID: 34447343072     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e32825a678d     Document Type: Review

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