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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-24
pubmed:abstractText
A prominent mandibular angle is considered to be unattractive in Asians because it gives the face a square, coarse, and muscular appearance. Asian women desire to have an ovoid, reduced, and slender face by aesthetic mandibular angle resection. Mandibular angle ostectomy has been known to be effective and to satisfy both surgeons and patients. Especially in Korea, it has become as popular as facial bone contouring surgery, which reduces lower facial width. However, a narrow surgical field hinders direct view of the site, making a procedure that is rather difficult to perform. Despite thorough presurgical planning and attention, there can be many complications and unfavorable results. The purpose of this study is to find out the cause of these complications of mandibular angle ostectomy and to develop methods that could prevent these complications from occurring. A questionnaire consisting of 30 questions regarding mandibular angle ostectomy was sent to 40 Korean plastic surgeons. Data from 33 surgeons were analyzed. The total number of operations was 1251, and among them complications appeared in 124 operations, a complication rate of 9.9%. In regards to severe complications, there were 8 cases of subcondyle fracture of the mandible and 6 cases of severe bleeding. Transient facial nerve injury, infection, trismus, asymmetry, undercorrection, overcorrection, secondary angle formation, and entrapped bony segment were also noted as complications. We will report the cause and the prevention methods for each complication.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0148-7043
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
541-4
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of incidences and types of complications in mandibular angle ostectomy in Koreans.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Ansan Hospital, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article