The "golden thread lift": radiologic findings.
A 48-year-old patient reported pain in her face and neck. Within 10 years she had undergone three "golden thread lift" suspension procedures, the last one 2 years previously. Skull radiographs showed complete fragmentation of all the implants into small pieces, and a total loss of their vector orientation.
Stark
G Björn
GB
Department of Plastic Hand and Surgery and Erich-Lexer-Klinik, University of Freiburg Medical Centre, Hugstetterstrasse 55, D-79106 Freiburg, Germany. bjoern.stark@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Bannasch
Holger
H
D005260:Female; D005549:Foreign-Body Reaction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D015361:Rhytidoplasty / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013537:Sutures / Q000009:adverse effects*