Onizuka T ⚠ 동명이인 가능성

We report a very rare case of congenital bilateral zygomatico-mandibular fusion with mandibular hypoplasia. Soon after birth, the patient underwent tracheotomy because of upper airway obstruction. At the age of one and a half years, reconst…

Facelifts are classified into (1) the extra skin facelift in which redundant skin around the ear is excised without skin undermining, (2) the mini-facelift in which cheek skin is undermined up to the lateral side of the canthus, (3) the rad…

A new osteotomy for genioplasty, stepped osteotomy, is described. This osteotomy is a combination of horizontal and sagittal osteotomy of the mandibular symphysis. It consists of horizontal osteotomy at a distance of 3 to 4 mm below the ape…

We have attempted to change the two scar lines of bilateral cleft lip repair into one zigzag scar line. The prolabium is used to push up the columella and the nasal tip. The donor site of the prolabium is closed by transposition of the naso…

Many techniques for cleft lip repair have been reported, but these techniques do not consider the contour lines of the upper lip and, in fact, destroy them. The upper lip has complicated contour lines including the vermilion free margin, ve…

The results of repairing cleft lip by aesthetic plastic surgery are now excellent. However, the cleft lip-nose deformity is still very difficult to repair with the present techniques. A technique that can repair the cleft lip-nose deformity…

Two operative scar lines remain after bilateral cleft lip repair. A method has been devised in which the two scar lines are reduced into one. The characteristics of this method include (1) an inconspicuous scar, (2) elevation of the nasal t…

The results of a cleft lip operation are checked from the anterior, the profile, and the caudal views and even if the deformities are minimal, for aesthetic reasons they should be repaired. Philtrum length, philtrum shape, philtrum depth, n…

About 90% of blepharoplasties performed in Japan include the double eyelid procedure. The reasons for the popularity of this procedure relate to changing concepts of beauty among the Japanese people. Facial anatomy contributes to the appear…

Among Caucasians, augmentation malar plasty is occasionally performed, but, most often Orientals complain of the prominent zygoma and want an oval face. The procedure of the reduction malar plasty is not reported here. Instead, this article…

The technique of rhytidectomy used by the authors for the oriental face is explained. The main points of this operative procedure are: 1) the incision line is designed before the operation, 2) subcutaneous undermining is easy, 3) the key su…

The reconstruction of lobster-cleft foot is no longer considered from a functional point of view only. The aesthetic appearance of the repaired foot is now considered to be equally important. Since we reported the reconstruction of five toe…

The key points in our method of repair of cryptotia are (1) to cover the skin defect on the posterior aspect of the ear after it is dissected from the head, and (2) to repair the cartilaginous deformity. We describe the use of a temporal sk…

We report an additional surgical method to form a philtrum in cleft lip cases. The key point of this new method is to release the skin tension of the upper lip, thus protecting against the disappearance of the newly-made philtrum. We have o…

A new method has been introduced to form a functional great toe following amputation. This method has several advantages, especially its simple one-stage operation, which uses a local plantar flap. Results are good from the esthetic and fun…