Distraction Osteogenesis
James Sidman, MD, and Sherard A. Tatum, MD, address the following questions for discussion and debate. Is neonatal distraction osteogenesis (DO) better than lip-tongue adhesion or tracheotomy for micrognathic airway…
General Surgery
Midface Lift
What is the most efficient dissection plane to perform midface lift? What is the best incision/approach (preauricular, transtemporal, transoral)? Why? What specific technique do you use? Why? What is the…
Lower Lid Blepharoplasty
What is the most frequent displeasing effect you see when performing lower eyelid blepharoplasty? What surgical approach do you most frequently use when performing lower eyelid blepharoplasty? How much skin…
Revision Rhinoplasty
What is the single most difficult challenge in revision rhinoplasty and how do you address it? During revision rhinoplasty, when dorsal augmentation is necessary and septal and ear cartilage is…
Chemical Peels
Edwin Cortez, Fred Fedok, and Devinder Mangat address questions for discussion and debate. Do you agree or disagree, and why, with the following: “The best method to improve moderate to…
Rhinoplasty
Should one use an open or closed rhinoplasty approach? How appropriate is the endonasal approach in modern-day rhinoplasty? Should the tip lobule be divided or preserved? Are alloplastic implants inferior…
Discussion and Debate Among Facial Plastic Surgeons: Everyone Wins
Robert M. Kellman, MD, Editor Fred G. Fedok, MD, Editor This is the second part of our discussion-and-debate issue that the publishers of Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America…
Complications/Sequelae of Neck Rejuvenation
Neck lift surgery performed in isolation or in conjunction with a facelift provides a more youthful cervicomental angle. Complications related to neck lift surgery vary from contour irregularities that may…
Vertical Neck Lifting
The authors’ vertical neck lifting procedure is an extended deep plane facelift, which elevates the skin and SMAS-platysma complex as a composite unit. The goal is to redrape cervicomental laxity…
The Deep-Plane Approach to Neck Rejuvenation
This article provides the facial plastic surgeon with anatomic and embryologic evidence to support the use of the deep-plane rhytidectomy for optimal treatment of the aging neck. An anatomic basis…
