Cheek Bone Resection
(Malar)
Outcome 
Movie File .wmv 189KB downloading please wait......... Patient comment @ 30 months. Please right mouse click to replay movie  1. Implant stable @ 40 months (May 2002) 2. No major surgery required - aesthetic "crow's foot" incision utilised. 3. To avoid additional surgical trauma no surgery was carried out on the zygomatic arch 4. No second donor surgical site required to effect primary reconstruction. 5. Surgery time - 50 minutes in the operating theatre. 6. No Intensive care required. 7. Enhanced rehabilitation. 8. Reduction in morbidity. 9. Significant Cost Savings for Purchasers of Health Care. Comment Facial contour was manipulated using a technique called photomorphanalysis and digital photography. This was useful in obtaining informed consent and the patient was shown a prediction of the outcome of surgery. The technique was very useful in the clinical audit of this case, and demonstration of outcome. This technique permitted great precision in the correction of a midface deformity with minimal access techniques, and as no surgery was carried out on the mild secondary deformity of the zygomatic arch, there was no need for major surgery. |
