title: Use of a Titanium Microplate to Anchor Subunit Reconstruction at the Nasal-Cheek Junction.
abstract: Reconstruction of combined nose, cheek, and/or inferior eyelid defects is facilitated by stable anchorage at the nasal-cheek junction. The previously reported techniques of drill holes and Mitek anchors are not without disadvantages. The authors present a simple means of anchoring soft tissue flaps at the nasal-cheek junction: a titanium miniplate secured with a screw at each end. Our case report describes successful, lasting, and complication-free anchorage of cheek, forehead, and eyelid flaps to a single miniplate placed along the piriform aperture.
authors.affiliation: Baylor Scott & White, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Temple, TX.
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Czerwinski
authors.forename: Edward M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Gronet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry*; D001860:Bone Plates; D002610:Cheek / Q000601:surgery*; D005143:Eyelids / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005546:Forehead / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009296:Nasal Cavity / Q000601:surgery; D009666:Nose / Q000601:surgery*; D009669:Nose Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000637:transplantation; D053441:Suture Anchors; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D014025:Titanium