Silhouette Sutures for Treatment of Facial Aging: Facial Rejuvenation, Remodeling, and Facial Tissue Support

Tissue Reactions to Cog Structure and Pure Gold in Lifting Threads: A Histological Study in Rats

“…[1][2][3][4] Various types of threads with special designs have recently been invented to attain more reliable and sustained effects or enable minimally-invasive access to the implant. [5][6][7][8] Among the most frequently-utilized materials are cog-type-or barbed-threads (eg, APTOS, Kolster Methods Inc., Corona, California), which have short "wings" projecting from the thread stalk and extending throughout the thread. The durability of each cog thread is thought to result from mechanical force as well as tissue reactions (eg, capsule formation) around the implanted thread.…”

Accuracy of clinical coding in ENT day surgery

“…The UP has a free posterior border. Yoon et al 5 described eight types of the posteroinferior portion of the UP during anatomical studies of the fontanelle and UP.…”

“…Some authors describe that it ascends isolated to the skull base, lamina papyracea, or middle turbinate, while others affirm that it extends into the frontal recess and may insert into the lamina papyracea, skull base, middle turbinate and, in most of the cases, a combination of these structures. 5 The postosuperior portion of the UP, together with the agger nasi cell, is the key that unlocks the frontal recess. 2 The 'vertical bar' is one of the superior insertions of the UP that forms the agger nasi's medial wall.…”

Barbed Sutures in Aesthetic Plastic Surgery: Evolution of Thought and Process

“…Instead of having barbs contained within the polypropylene suture, the Silhouette suture has knots tied at 10-mm intervals along the distal 10 cm of the suture (Figure 3). 19 The knots hold unidirectional absorbable cones of polyglactic acid in place. These cones, which are actually a copolymer of glycolic acid and lactic acid, provide the tension loading for soft tissue elevation.…”