Triple Suture for Neck Contouring: 14 Years of Experience

Triple suture for neck contouring: 14 years of experience.

BACKGROUND Preferred techniques for rejuvenation and contouring of the neck region have evolved over the past 40 years. A slender neckline is recognized as an attractive feature of youth, whereas aging of the lower face often includes ptosis of the soft tissues of the chin and banding or cording of the muscles of the anterior and lateral neck. Aesthetic rejuvenation of the face and neck involve...

Body Contouring Surgery: Our 5 Years Experience

Atrial myxoma: 14 years experience

Introduction: Cardiac tumors constitute only 0.2% of all tumors. Primary cardiac tumors occur infrequently with an incidence of 0.0017% to 0.19%, estimated on autopsies performed in non-selected populations. Left atrial myxomas are the most prevalent (75% to 80%) and right atrial are less common (10% to 18%). Surgical excision yields an excellent prognosis and recurrence rate of only 3% with a ...

The kConFab experience – 14 years of biobanking

kConFab, the Australian/New Zealand consortium for research into families at high risk of breast and ovarian cancer, has completed collection & recruitment of 1,421 families during the past 14 years. Biological material, genetic, epidemiological, and psychosocial data are collected from affected and unaffected, female and male participants over the age of 18. This material is available to peer ...

Use of fibrin sealant in neck contouring.

BACKGROUND The "suture suspension" platysmaplasty technique has been shown to be an effective and reliable procedure over the last decade. OBJECTIVE We investigated the effectiveness of fibrin sealant in reducing the recovery time after suture suspension platysmaplasty. METHODS After contouring the neck with our standard suture sling, hemostasis was assured. The instruments and gloves were ...