[Subarea ostectomy of mandible for lower face re-shaping].
OBJECTIVE
Dividing the mandible into lower part of mandibular ramus, mandibular angle, mandibular body, chin, we designed subarea ostectomy for reduce the width of anterior, body, posterior part of of the lower face.


METHODS
Combide with splitting ostectomy of the out layer of mandible, ostectomy of inferior border of mandible and augmentation of the chin, re-shape the mandibular angle, body, and chin, corrected the un-beauty of the lower face and side-face.


RESULTS
From May 2003 to August 2005 , a total of twenty-three patients have been operated on by this method with satisfactory results.


CONCLUSIONS
Subarea ostectomy of mandible is more effective in re-shaping the whole lower face.
Xie
Wei-Guo
WG
Division of Plastic Surgery, Shenzhen People's Hospital, South China University, School of Medicine, Shenzhen 518020, China
Fang
Zhen
Z
Li
Chang-Gen
CG
Mai
Xiao-Zhen
XZ
Wei
Yu-e
YE
D000328:Adult; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008334:Mandible / Q000601:surgery*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods