Minimally Invasive Genioplasty Procedure

In this technical note, we present a new surgical approach for genioplasty in which a minimally invasive procedure is used to perform the chin osteotomy. The main goal was to reduce postoperative functional recovery time and possible complications, especially reduction of lip incompetence, chin ptos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nadjmi, Nasser, Van Roy, Sien, Van de Casteele, Elke
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer Health 2017
Materias:
Ideas and Innovations
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5732679/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29263973
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001575
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Sumario:In this technical note, we present a new surgical approach for genioplasty in which a minimally invasive procedure is used to perform the chin osteotomy. The main goal was to reduce postoperative functional recovery time and possible complications, especially reduction of lip incompetence, chin ptosis, and muscle dysfunction, by retaining the intactness of the mentalis muscles.

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