title: Osseous genioplasty in facial aesthetic surgery--a personal perspective reviewing 54 patients.
abstract: The chin is an important and often neglected feature of facial balance. Genioplasty is a useful procedure in aesthetic surgery and often can be combined with other procedures to obtain an optimal aesthetic outcome. A retrospective case note review of the senior author's (BMJ) experience of aesthetic genioplasty over an 11-year period was undertaken. Cases with non-aesthetic indications for genioplasty were excluded and overall 64 patients were included in this study. Our technique of intraoral osseous genioplasty is described and discussed. A total of 54 patients underwent osseous genioplasty, eight underwent alloplastic genioplasty and two underwent removal of a chin prosthesis only. Most of the patients who had an osseous genioplasty had a sliding advancement correction. Four of these patients required secondary surgery, five had additional minor complications and there were seven cases of transient numbness. Nine patients had a genioplasty alone, 26 had one additional procedure and 19 had more than one, with an average of 2.9 additional procedures. Twenty-four patients had a simultaneous rhinoplasty and 18 had a facelift. Osseous genioplasty is our preferred technique for its versatility and long-term stability compared to alloplastic methods. If performed correctly it provides excellent results with a high degree of patient satisfaction and few long-term complications.
authors.affiliation: 14a Upper Wimpole Street, London, UK. bmj@barrymjones.co.uk
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: M J J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vesely
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002680:Chin / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D005145:Face / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery; D019186:Mandibular Advancement / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D063173:Retrognathia / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012225:Rhinoplasty; D015361:Rhytidoplasty; D016896:Treatment Outcome