The management of platysma bands.
Management of platysma bands has evolved from a lateral pull only to select midline work, although this latter maneuver increases the morbidity. The classification system of bands I to IV is a simple, effective method to identify those patients in whom the extra risk of midline work is justified. Creating a muscle sling by suturing the edge of the muscle in the midline was more effective than Z-plasty, plications, and/or excisions for the correction of prominent platysma bands.
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009334:Neck Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000379:methods