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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
Clinical experience in genioplasty has shown that high labial incisions heal with fewer scar bands than conventional deep labial incisions. In a prospective randomized trial, we compared 18 high labial curvilinear incisions with 27 high labial W-shaped ('royal') incisions for access and visibility during chin osteotomy. Both incisions were 3 cm wide. Maximal incision lengthening between two skin hooks was recorded with a ruler before closure, and there was no significant difference between the two. The maximum wound area between three skin hooks was photographed and computed, and showed a mean difference of 188.75 mm2 (t-test, P < 0.001), which corroborated the clinical findings that access and visibility were superior in the W-shaped incision group. Complications were few in both groups. We now use the high labial royal incision about 3.5 cm wide, with 90 degrees limb angle for complicated chin osteotomies and ostectomies. A smaller curvilinear high labial incision is used for simple advancement osteotomies.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
D
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0266-4356
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
398-400
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
High labial incisions for genioplasty.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, General Hospital St John, Bruges, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial