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Aesthetic Plast Surg 2021 Jan 15. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

Ozgur Pilanci Private Clinic, Istanbul, Turkey.

Introduction: A harmonious face is defined in terms of a balanced relationship among all facial tissues. This balance among skin, fat, muscle, and bone is lost with aging as progressive changes occur in their volume, shape, position, and consistency. Aging of the human face generally starts in the third decade of life, mainly in the midface and periorbital areas. Read More

J Craniofac Surg 2020 Dec 21;Publish Ahead of Print. Epub 2020 Dec 21.

Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL.

Introduction: Coronoid fractures are relatively rare fractures of the craniofacial skeleton, but typically occur concomitantly with high-velocity craniofacial trauma to the midface and lateral mandible. Management of coronoid fractures may vary, but when surgical excision is indicated, treatment frequently involves an intraoral approach through a posterior intraoral incision along the mandibular ramus. Here, the authors present an alternative and novel approach to the coronoid process based on the Keen approach to the lateral midface. Read More

Plast Surg (Oakv) 2020 Aug 18;28(3):142-147. Epub 2020 Feb 18.

Division of Facial Plastic Surgery, Department of Otolaryngology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA.

Objectives: Functional deficits of the forehead and midface can pose significant problems for patients varying from mild asymmetry to various degrees of functional impairment including total paralysis. Our objectives were to analyse the use of bio-absorbable implants to reconstruct forehead and midface deficits, all of which were for functional (noncosmetic) reasons.

Methods: This study was a retrospective case series between 2008 and 2018. Read More

Am J Otolaryngol 2020 Nov - Dec;41(6):102555. Epub 2020 May 26.

University of California - San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Rady Children's Hospital of San Diego, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, 3020 Children's Way, San Diego, CA 92123, USA. Electronic address:

Purpose: While the prevalence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is well documented in trisomy 21, there has been little published about the incidence in trisomy 13 (T13) and trisomy 18 (T18). Trisomies 13, 18, and 21 have overlapping clinical features that make patients prone to OSA. Because the literature regarding OSA in T13 and T18 children is limited, we performed a retrospective chart review to investigate the characteristics of these patients. Read More

Arch Craniofac Surg 2020 Feb 20;21(1):53-57. Epub 2020 Feb 20.

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Suwon, Korea.

A mucocele is an epithelium-lined, mucus-filled cavity in the paranasal sinuses. Mucocele may develop due to scarring and obstruction of the sinus ostium caused by midface sinus trauma, such as orbital bone fracture or endoscopic sinus surgery. The authors report two cases of orbital mucocele as complications following midface sinus injury (endoscopic sinus surgery in one case, and orbital fracture repair in the other). Read More