title: [A new technique of upper-middle face rhytidectomy without destroying the configuration of sideburn].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To introduce a safe, effective and lasting rhytidectomy technique without destroying the configuration of sideburn.
  
  
  METHODS
  The operation is performed through the coronal incision, the temporal incision that is paralleled to the nasolabial sulcus, and the preauricular incision in the sideburn. Multi-layer dissection of facial tissue is made.
  
  
  RESULTS
  46 patients with aging face have been treated using this technique since 2002. All patients obtained good curative effects without any severe complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This operation technique may maintain the natural configuration of the preauricular area and sideburn, result obscure incision scar and avoid harming important nerves or vessels. Multi-layer dissection accords with anatomical principles and produces a lasting curative effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing 100032, China.
authors.forename: Qun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Ying-jun
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Ru
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hai-lin
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019588:Aging, Premature / Q000601:surgery*; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000379:methods*