title: [Improvement of reduction of prominent malar complex through an intraoral incision].
abstract: 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.
authors: Division of Plastic Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, South China University, School of Medicine, Shenzhen 518020, China.
authors: Wei-Guo
authors: WG
authors: Xie
authors: Zheng
authors: Z
authors: Fang
authors: Lu-Yang
authors: LY
authors: Li
authors: Hui
authors: H
authors: Tong
authors: Su-Qoing
authors: SQ
authors: Li
authors: Chang-Gen
authors: CG
authors: Li
authors: Li-Gang
authors: LG
authors: Liu
mesh_terms: 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*