Guangxian Lin, Xulong Zhang, Zhen Song, Yihao Xu, Huan Wang, Ruobing Zheng, Fei Fan, Jianjun You
BACKGROUND: Because of its unique advantages, frontal expansion has become a common tool for Asian nasal reconstruction, but it has the limitations of prolonging the duration and pain in the expansion area. Based on the fact that the denervation effect of botulinum toxin type A (BTX-A) has been widely used in the reconstruction of superficial organs, we hypothesized that BTX-A would shorten the length of nasal reconstruction sequence and alleviate the discomfort of patients. METHODS: A comparative retrospective study was conducted of consecutive patients underwent sequential treatment of nasal reconstruction between June 2010 and July 2012...
April 23, 2024: Aesthetic Plastic Surgery