[Compositive treatment of square face].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the treatment of square face with compositive methods. METHODS A total of 71 patients with square-shape face were treated. According to the different face skeleton and desire of patient, mandible angle curved-osteotomy and mentoplasty were used as main methods and zygomatoplasty, buccal fat pad resecting and other aesthetic methods as assistant methods to recontour the whole face skeleton.


RESULTS
The face skeleton of all patients was improved with satisfaction. The following-up period was 6 months to 2 years. In this patients group, massive haemorrhage was occurred during operation in one patient, mental nerve of of one side was injured in two patients, the lip mucosa was wounded in five patients.


CONCLUSIONS
Mandible angle curve-osteotomy and mentoplasty combined with other assistant aesthetic operations were ideal methods to recontour square face. The result was satisfactory.
Xia
De-lin
DL
Plastic Surgery Hospital of Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing 100041, China.
Gui
Lai
L
Zhang
Zhi-yong
ZY
Jin
Ji
J
Niu
Feng
F
Luo
Jin-chao
JC
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy; D013518:Surgery, Plastic; D016896:Treatment Outcome