Avoiding Complications With Aptos Sutures

Sulamanidze M, Sulamanidze G, Vozdvizhensky I, et al (Plastic Surgeons in private practice, Moscow, Russia; Third Administration of the Russian Federation Health Ministry, Moscow; et al) Aesthet Surg J 31:863-873, 2011^§

Abstract

Background

Over the past decade, several methods of minimally-invasive thread-mediated lifting have been widely adopted in aesthetic surgery. Early use of these methods met with great enthusiasm, and threadlifting was often performed without sufficient regard for proper indications, controls, or outcomes. Soon after, reports of early-relapse ptosis, complications, and other undesirable side effects began to appear in the literature.

Objectives

The authors describe the current best practices associated with threadlifting to ensure proper use and improved results.

Methods

The authors retrospectively reviewed their collective case data, analyzing the results of 12,788 face and neck threadlift procedures in 6098 patients over 12.5 years.

Results

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