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

Muhammad Adil Abbas Khan, Amna Masood Bhutto, Mohammed Farid, Syed Nadir Ali, Lok Huei Yap

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, UK. adilaku@hotmail.com

The Journal of craniofacial surgery 2012 Jan

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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.

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Muhammad Adil Abbas Khan, Amna Masood Bhutto, Mohammed Farid, Syed Nadir Ali, Lok Huei Yap. Aesthetic sculpting for the natal cleft and buttock lift using an innovative periosteal-dermal suture suspension technique. The Journal of craniofacial surgery. 2012 Jan;23(1):172-4