Suture suspension technique for midface and neck rejuvenation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 478-481

  Gamboa, Gloria Mabel ^a   Vasconez, Luis O ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

Midface; Neck; Suture suspension

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; REJUVENATION; SKIN SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUTURING METHOD; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; EDEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE; METHODOLOGY; NECK; PLASTIC SURGERY;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ADULT; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; EDEMA; FACE; FACIAL PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NECK; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; REJUVENATION; SURGICAL MESH; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 67449123253     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31818c4b45     Document Type: Article

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