1. Use of a Titanium Microplate to Anchor Subunit Reconstruction at the Nasal–Cheek Junction
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Edward M. Gronet and Marcin Czerwinski
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Male ,Nose Neoplasms ,Biocompatible Materials ,Nose ,Piriform aperture ,Surgical Flaps ,030207 dermatology & venereal diseases ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,stomatognathic system ,Suture Anchors ,otorhinolaryngologic diseases ,medicine ,Humans ,Forehead ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Titanium ,Orthodontics ,business.industry ,Inferior eyelid ,Eyelids ,Soft tissue ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Plastic Surgery Procedures ,Cheek ,eye diseases ,body regions ,stomatognathic diseases ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Otorhinolaryngology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Female ,Surgery ,Eyelid ,Nasal Cavity ,business ,Bone Plates ,Follow-Up Studies ,A titanium - Abstract
Reconstruction of combined nose, cheek, and/or inferior eyelid defects is facilitated by stable anchorage at the nasal-cheek junction. The previously reported techniques of drill holes and Mitek anchors are not without disadvantages. The authors present a simple means of anchoring soft tissue flaps at the nasal-cheek junction: a titanium miniplate secured with a screw at each end. Our case report describes successful, lasting, and complication-free anchorage of cheek, forehead, and eyelid flaps to a single miniplate placed along the piriform aperture.
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- 2016
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