Aesthetic

Face, Neck and Brow

Prediction of Face-Lift Outcomes Using the Preoperative Supine Test

Hsu C, Gruber RP, Dosanjh A (Stanford Univ Med Ctr, Palo Alto, CA; Univ of California (SF), San Francisco) Aesth Plast Surg 33:828-831, 2009^§

K.A. Gutowski, MD

Evidence Ranking

• C

Expert Rating

• 1

Abstract

Background

Patients considering a facelift (facial rhytidectomy) need some means of predicting their surgical outcomes. This will help them decide whether to proceed with the operation.

Methods

A total of 50 consecutive patients were asked to examine themselves with a hand-held mirror while lying supine on an examining table to give them a reasonable approximation of their postoperative result.

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