비대칭 Asymmetry

We have found the study of split-and-reversed photographs useful in the preoperative evaluation of patients presenting for corrective surgery of the breasts. It puts double emphasis on minor asymmetries, and can be used as an objective tool…

A subcutaneous mastectomy without mastopexy can result in downward directed nipples, over-augmentation or asymmetry in cases of contralateral reconstruction. A mastopexy can prevent these problems without adding to the morbidity or complica…

A new technique for the correction of trochanteric bulges is described. A buried dermal-fat flap is used as a suspensory mechanism to hang the weight of the thigh skin and subcutaneous tissues on the deep fascia, rather than on the upper sk…

Several important details pertinent to the classic transversal low-incision abdominoplasty, commonly underestimated, are pointed out. Metameric sensitivity distribution is focused in the normal individual and then transformed by abdominopla…

For good cosmesis the upper eyelid creases and folds must be symmetric. The lid creases must be the same height above the upper lid margins. The skin below the crease must be smooth and firmly attached to the tarsus, or, in cases with a sho…

Standardized steps or criteria for designing a triangular flap do not always fit for all types of cleft lip repair. Some compromise among the criteria is required, especially for atypical cases, such as those with a long vertical height on …

Significant mammary asymmetry is not uncommon although accurate statistics are not available. Modern techniques of mammary augmentation and breast reduction have resulted in effective methods of treatment of most such deformities. The manag…

It is not possible to group the facial asymmetries in one single nosological entity. However, whatever the origin of these malformations, their surgical treatment is governed by the same principles. In this article, the author attempts to d…