Findings in this study suggested an additive effect of ZA and PTH on fracture healing in OVX rats, and this additive effect was specific to callus formation, not to undisturbed bone tissue.
The slender, oval-shaped face is considered to be attractive in East Asia. To obtain the ideal contour of the midface, reduction malarplasty has been popularized in oriental countries in recent years. This report describes a surgical technique for reduction of the zygomatic body and arch. After labiobuccal vestibular incisions are made, the anterior zygomatic body and lateral orbital rim are exposed by subperiosteal dissection. Thereafter, an L-shaped osteotomy is performed. Two parallel horizontal osteotomies are made in the anterior part of the zygomatic body, and the middle bone segment is removed. The zygomatic arch root is fractured through a small sideburn incision just anterior to the articular tubercle. Finally, the freed zygomatic complex is medially repositioned and fixed with one or two bicortex screws. Operations on 32 patients demonstrated that this technique may be a sound method for malar complex reduction, with the advantages of simple manipulation, stable fixation, and less risk of a drooping face.
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