Table 5.
Complications in the early postoperative period in patients with and without preoperative conditioning.
| Complications |
Operations |
Superficial lifting (n = 93) |
SMAS-lifting (n = 226) |
SMAS-lifting with a three-level endoscopic assist lift of the lower face zone (n = 142) |
Patients in all (n = 461) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groups | I | II | I | II | I | II | I | II | |
| Hematomas | 4 7.3% |
0 | 8 5.2% |
9 12.7% |
0 | 0 | 12 4.0% |
9 5.6% |
|
| Hair thinning/hair loss | 2 3.6% |
0 | 3 1.9% |
0 | 2 2.2% |
0 | 7 2.3% |
0 | |
| Marginal necrosis | 2 3.6% |
0 | 2 1.3% |
0 | 1 1.1% |
0 | 5 1.7% |
0 | |
| Paresis of mimic muscles | 1 1.8% |
1 2.6% |
1 0.7% |
1 1.4% |
0 | 0 | 2 0.7% |
2 1.2% |
|
| In all | 9 16.4% |
1 2.6% |
15 9.7% |
10 14.1% |
3 3.4% |
0 | 26 8.7% |
11 6.8% |
|
Groups: I – without preoperative conditioning (comparison group), II-with preoperative conditioning (main group).