The Gliding Brow Lift: An Analysis of Outcomes and Maintenance of Lift in a Single Surgeon's Practice.

Background: Efforts in brow lifting longevity, desire for minimally invasive procedures, patient individualization, and minimization of complications led to the development of the gliding brow lift (GBL). The GBL has proven to be a successful, minimally invasive technique targeting brow elevation in combination with the hemostatic net.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate maintenance of cutaneous brow elevation with the GBL technique at specific postoperative time points.

Complications and Risks Associated With the Different Types of Abdominoplasties: An Analysis of 55,956 Patients.

Background: Different types of abdominoplasties have been developed to address individual patient characteristics. However, an analysis of complication rates and risk factors for different types of abdominoplasties has yet to be reported.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the complication rates and risks associated with each type of abdominoplasty.

Complete Hemifacial Paralysis Post-facelift: Making Sense of a Plastic Surgeon's Worst Nightmare.

Background: Postrhytidectomy hemifacial paralysis is a frightening clinical condition affecting the proximal facial nerve and most often associated with Bell's palsy. Associated symptoms are common and include auditory, salivary, vestibular, and gustatory complaints.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to provide increased awareness of postrhytidectomy hemifacial paralysis secondary to Bell's palsy in the plastic surgery community.

Superior Vector Plication of the Mobile Anterior Midface: The Delta Facelift.

Background: Traditional plication techniques have been ineffective in addressing the anterior midface when compared to the sub-superficial musculoaponeurotic system (SMAS) "deep plane" approaches. However, by moving the plication much closer to the mobile medial fat tissues, a more effective and long-lasting plication can be accomplished without releasing the SMAS layer.

Objectives: The authors' "Delta facelift" approach combines a rotation vertical advancement of the midface fat with a dual-vector platysmaplasty and deep cervicoplasty as indicated for a harmoniously youthful neck.

Facial Hypertrophy as a Complication of Weight Gain in Autologous Fat Graft Patients: Considerations and Recommendations.

Fat grafting can restore facial volume for reconstructive and cosmetic indications. Common practice often involves extracting lipoaspirate from the most abundant anatomic location. However, grafted fat retains the phenotypic characteristics of its original location and can undergo exaggerated hypertrophy with patient weight fluctuations.

Re-tensionable Quadriceps Tendon Repair Technique.

Quadriceps tendon rupture is a devastating injury that has traditionally been repaired using bone tunnels and knot tying. Recent innovations seeking to address persistent weakness and gap formation of repairs have used suture anchors and knotless technology. Despite these innovations, the clinical outcomes of these repairs continue to be mixed.

Dermal Tuberoplasty for Irreparable Supraspinatus Tears Using Self-Punching, Knotless Fixation.

Superior capsular reconstruction has become an accepted treatment option for the irreparable rotator cuff tear in the nonarthritic shoulder. Widespread adoption of this technique has been limited, however, because of the technical difficulty of performing this procedure. Recently, allograft interpositional grafting of the greater tuberosity has gained popularity as a simpler alternative to superior capsular reconstruction and provides similar joint preservation advantages.

The Gliding Brow Lift.

Subcutaneous undermining for brow lifting is not a new technique, but the gliding brow lift is evolutionary in the sense that it can be done through 1 or 2 tiny incisions and the brow shape maintained with transcutaneous running sutures (the hemostatic net). Undermining over the frontalis muscle and galea is performed using blunt dissectors and the lifting is done with superior traction, holding the brow in the desired shape with the hemostatic net.

Preoperative Risk Factors and Complication Rates of Breast Augmentation With Fat Grafting.

Background: The current literature on the complications and risk factors of autologous fat grafting (AFG) for breast augmentation is scant and inconclusive.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to use a large, multicenter database to determine the major complications and risk factors of patients undergoing breast augmentation with AFG in comparison to breast augmentation with implants.

Methods: Patients undergoing breast augmentation with AFG as well as with implants between January 2, 2017 and July 31, 2019 were identified from the CosmetAssure database (Birmingham, AL).

Incidence and Preoperative Risk Factors for Major Complications After Capsulectomy: Analysis of 3048 Patients.

Background: Although there are many indications for periprosthetic breast capsulectomy, heightened public attention surrounding breast implant illness has resulted in increased rates of capsulectomy.

Objectives: This study aimed to identify the incidence of major complications and risk factors associated with capsulectomy.

Methods: From an examination of a prospectively enrolled cosmetic surgery insurance database, CosmetAssure (Birmingham, AL), patients undergoing capsulectomy between January 2, 2017 and July 31, 2019 were identified.

Biomechanical evaluation of PCL reconstruction with suture augmentation.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare kinematics and patellofemoral contact pressures of all inside and transtibial single bundle PCL reconstructions and determine if suture augmentation further improves the biomechanics of either technique.

Methods: Cadaveric knees were tested with a posterior drawer force, and varus, valgus, internal and external moments at 30, 60, 90, and 120° of flexion. Displacement, rotation, and patellofemoral contact pressures were compared between: Intact, PCL-deficient, All-Inside PCL reconstruction with (AI-SA) and without (AI) suture augmentation, and transtibial PCL reconstruction with (TT-SA) and without (TT) suture augmentation.

International Expert Panel Consensus on Fat Grafting of the Breast.

Background: Autologous fat grafting has broad applications in reconstructive and aesthetic breast surgery as a natural filler and for its regenerative purposes. Despite the widespread use of fat grafting, there remains no shared consensus on what constitutes the optimal fat grafting technique and its oncological safety. For this reason, the authors of this study have organized a Survey and an International Consensus Conference that was held at the Aesthetic Breast Meeting in Milan (December 15, 2018).

The Effect of Smoking in the Cosmetic Surgery Population: Analysis of 129,007 Patients.

Background: Smoking has been associated with several postoperative adverse outcomes across multiple surgical disciplines, but the literature is limited for aesthetic surgical procedures.

Objectives: To compare complication rates between smokers and nonsmokers undergoing common cosmetic procedures, identify specific cosmetic procedures where smoking increases the risk of complications, and evaluate smoking as an independent risk factor for major complications following aesthetic surgery.

Methods: A prospective cohort of patients undergoing cosmetic surgery between 2008 and 2013 was identified from the CosmetAssure database.

Does Brow Lift Add Risk to Blepharoplasty? Answers From a Multicenter Analysis of 6126 Patients Undergoing Aesthetic Eye Surgery.

Background: Browlift is frequently combinedwith blepharoplasty; however, the literature is lacking on their combined effect on complication rates.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate major complication rates after blepharoplasty and brow lift and to determine if complication rates increase when blepharoplasty and brow lift were performed simultaneously.

Methods: A prospective cohort of patients who underwent cosmetic blepharoplasty, brow lift, or a combination of the 2 procedures between 2008 and 2013 was identified from the CosmetAssure Insurance database.

Aesthetic Surgical Procedures in Men: Major Complications and Associated Risk Factors.

Background: The number of men undergoing cosmetic surgery is increasing in North America.

Objectives: To determine the incidence and risk factors of major complications in males undergoing cosmetic surgery, compare the complication profiles between men and women, and identify specific procedures that are associated with higher risk of complications in males.

Methods: A prospective cohort of patients undergoing cosmetic surgery between 2008 and 2013 was identified from the CosmetAssure database.

Incidence and Preoperative Risk Factors for Major Complications in Aesthetic Rhinoplasty: Analysis of 4978 Patients.

Background: Rhinoplasty remains one of the most common aesthetic procedures performed in the United States. Current literature on rhinoplasty complications is inconclusive and is based on retrospective reviews and small cohorts.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence and identify predictive risk factors for major complications following rhinoplasty alone or in combination with other aesthetic operations in a large, prospective, multicenter database study.

Cosmetic Liposuction: Preoperative Risk Factors, Major Complication Rates, and Safety of Combined Procedures.

Background: Liposuction is among the most commonly performed aesthetic procedures, and is being performed increasingly as an adjunct to other procedures.

Objectives: To report the incidence and risk factors of significant complications after liposuction, and to determine whether adding liposuction to other cosmetic surgical procedures impacts the complication risk.

Methods: A prospective cohort of patients who underwent liposuction between 2008 and 2013 was identified from the CosmetAssure database.