title: Aesthetic sculpting for the natal cleft and buttock lift using an innovative periosteal-dermal suture suspension technique.
abstract: Natal cleft contouring poses a reconstructive challenge. Buttock aesthetics and the need for careful scar placement are part of the challenge faced by plastic surgeons. Various steps of the reconstructive ladder can be used with varying outcomes. We report a patient who underwent natal cleft reconstruction using a new suture technique and had a cosmetically pleasing outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK. adilaku@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Muhammad Adil Abbas
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Amna Masood
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bhutto
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farid
authors.forename: Syed Nadir
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Ali
authors.forename: Lok Huei
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Yap
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D000328:Adult; D002081:Buttocks / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery; D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D004954:Esthetics; D000071938:Fasciotomy; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000601:surgery*; D010521:Periosteum / Q000601:surgery*; D016687:Polydioxanone / Q000737:chemistry; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D012445:Sacrococcygeal Region; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D013536:Suture Techniques; D013537:Sutures
chemical_list: D016687:Polydioxanone