What comes first: teeth or face? Recommendations for an interdisciplinary collaboration between facial esthetic surgery and dentistry.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to provide recommendations in order to facilitate communication between dental professionals and surgeons who are collaborating in the field of dentofacial esthetics.

Clinical Considerations: Smile esthetics are beyond the scope, both of the surgeons who are collaborating with facial esthetics and of the dentists, as a wide range of treatment options from both sides is available. It can be difficult for the surgeon or the dentist that first comes in contact with the patient to conduct an individualized global treatment plan, in order to find out how the various phases of the treatment can be sequenced, as a workflow for an efficient interaction between facial surgery and dentistry still does not exist in the scientific literature.

Prolonged postoperative antibiotic administration reduces complications after medial thigh lift.

There is widespread consensus that there is no indication for postoperative antibiotic administration after elective surgery. However, medial thigh lift (MTL) remains a procedure with a notoriously high rate of wound-healing disorders and infections. This study investigates the correlation between prolonged antibiotic administration and complications after MTL in massive weight loss patients.

The Edmonton Obesity Staging System Predicts Postoperative Complications After Abdominoplasty.

Background: This study investigates the relationship between Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) and the occurrence of postoperative complications after abdominoplasty in massive weight loss patients.

Methods: A single-institution retrospective review of patients undergoing abdominoplasty between 2009 and 2019 after massive weight loss. Demographic data, laboratory findings, known risk factors for postoperative complications, as well as data on major and minor complications were extracted from the patient charts.

The Edmonton Obesity Staging System as a predictor for postoperative complications after medial thigh lift in massive weight loss patients.

Background: This study investigates the correlation between the Edmonton Obesity Staging System (EOSS) and the occurrence of postoperative complications after medial thigh lift in formerly obese patients.

Patients And Methods: A single-institution retrospective review of patients undergoing medial thigh lift between 2009 and 2019 after massive weight loss. Data on demography, comorbidities, surgery, and postoperative outcome were extracted from patients' charts.

Improved accuracy of breast volume calculation from 3D surface imaging data using statistical shape models.

Background: Three-dimensional (3D) scanning is an established method of breast volume estimation. However, this method can never be entirely precise, since the thoracic wall cannot be imaged by the surface scanner. Current methods rely on interpolation of the posterior breast border from the surrounding thoracic wall.