Anterior cervicoplasty

[摘要] Many patients look for aesthetic correction of the laxity of neck skin, submandibular fat deposit or platisma bands. In a large part of the cases, medial action, through anterior cervicoplasty is necessary.AIM: To demonstrate the casuistic and to evaluate the results and complications with anterior cervicoplasty technique in the Otorhinolaryngology Service of the Federal University of Uberlândia.STUDY DESIGN: Serie report.PATIENTS AND METHODS: Forty-two patients, between 39 and 65 years of age, being 40 (95,2%) male and 2 (4,8%) female, were submitted to anterior cervicoplasty. Retrospectively, results and complications were appraised.RESULTS: Of these patients, 34 presented satisfactory results, 4 presented aesthetic deficit only noticed by the surgeon, 3 presented aesthetic deficit only noticed by the patient and 1 presented aesthetic deficit needing revisional surgery. At photographic study, all the patients presented improvement of cervical profile, reduction of platisma bands and of skin laxity, stabilization of cervical musculature, and accentuation of cervicomental angle, in various degrees. There were two complications (discreet serohematoma and little enlarged scar).CONCLUSION: Anterior cervicoplasty, associated or not to lateral traction, is a technique that produces satisfactory results in the great majority of the cases.

[学科分类] 医学（综合）

[关键词] rythidoplasty;cervicoplasty;neck;plastic surgery.