title: Bidirectional armed needle: a useful surgical tool in plastic surgery.
abstract: We propose the application of a bidirectional armed needle, which facilitates suturing and soft-tissue fixation. This device can be used during the "back-and-forth" suturing method that is often used in centrofacial lift, nasolabial-fold correction, malar eminence suspension, submental platysmoplasty, canthopexy, etc. It is very useful for performing running mattress sutures and also for mini-invasive and other sophisticated procedures. The advantages of this needle includes a shorter operating time and lower morbidity. It is a useful tool with multiple applications in plastic surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Hospital Manuel Gea Gonzalez, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fuente-del-Campo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lucchesi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Pilar Cedillo Ley
mesh_terms: D009339:Needles; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013525:Surgical Instruments