Aesthetic sculpting for the natal cleft and buttock lift using an innovative periosteal-dermal suture suspension technique

J Craniofac Surg. 2012 Jan;23(1):172-4. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e3182418c6c.

Abstract

Natal cleft contouring poses a reconstructive challenge. Buttock aesthetics and the need for careful scar placement are part of the challenge faced by plastic surgeons. Various steps of the reconstructive ladder can be used with varying outcomes. We report a patient who underwent natal cleft reconstruction using a new suture technique and had a cosmetically pleasing outcome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Absorbable Implants
  • Adult
  • Buttocks / surgery*
  • Cicatrix / surgery
  • Dermatologic Surgical Procedures*
  • Esthetics*
  • Fasciotomy
  • Female
  • Fibrosis
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Neurofibromatosis 1 / surgery*
  • Periosteum / surgery*
  • Plastic Surgery Procedures / methods*
  • Polydioxanone / chemistry
  • Sacrococcygeal Region
  • Skin Neoplasms / surgery
  • Suture Techniques*
  • Sutures

Substances

  • Polydioxanone