FACE

302 Neck Lift: Planning and Technique
Timothy Marten, MD
tmarten@martenclinic.com
Level: Comprehensive                         Organization: Didactic
This course will be a practical, clinically oriented, guide to planning and performing a neck lift.  Videotape presentations of key parts of the procedure will be made and the course will include a question and answer period.
Desired outcomes:

• Review the relevance of deep layer neck structures in the aging neck and the importance of modifying deep layer structures in the modern neck lift procedure
• Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of the commonly advocated neck lift techniques
• Discuss pre-operative analysis of the individual patient and the formulation of an appropriate surgical plan
• Discuss planning of incisions to minimize scars, hairline displacement and secondary deformities
• Discuss treatment of the platysma
• Review clinically relevant anatomy important to surgical technique and avoiding complications
• Discuss treatment of the prominent submandibular gland and large digastric muscles
• Discuss management of the difficult neck
• Discuss sequencing neck lift with other procedures
• Review anesthesia considerations with neck lift surgery
• Discuss patient safety issues in neck lift surgery
• Discuss per-operative care of the neck lift patient