[Improvement of reduction of prominent malar complex through an intraoral incision].
OBJECTIVE
To improve the technique of prominent malar complex reduction.


METHODS
The improvements of the operation procedure included double-oblique osteotomy of the prominent malar complex, accessorial tiny preauricular incision and the way that the complex was moved upward, inward or posteriorly. The zygomatic body was fixed with microplate screw or steelwire. The jugal soft tissue was lifted to prevent facial slack. The method was used in 17 cases from June 2000 to April 2004.


RESULTS
Postoperative follow up for 4 approximately 24 months showed satisfactory result in all the cases.


CONCLUSIONS
This modified method resolved some problems in reduction malarplasty through an intraoral approach.
Xie
Wei-Guo
WG
Division of Plastic Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, South China University, School of Medicine, Shenzhen 518020, China.
Fang
Zheng
Z
Li
Lu-Yang
LY
Tong
Hui
H
Li
Su-Qoing
SQ
Li
Chang-Gen
CG
Liu
Li-Gang
LG
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult; D015050:Zygoma / Q000601:surgery*