Cosmetic

254) Which of the following IS INCORRECT postoperative rhytidectomy procedure?

A. The surgeon should checks on the patient the night of the surgery.
B. Unilateral facial pain is a warning sign.
C. The first visit with the patient is on the second postoperative day.
D. The preauricular sutures are removed on the fifth day postoperative.
E. The stainless steel clips are partially removed on the seventh day postoperative.




REFERENCES & ANSWER


Perkins S., Naderi S.: Rhytidectomy, Chapter 19 in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Thieme, Third Edition, pp. 207-225, 2009

Kridel R. W., Soliemanzadeh P.: The Aging Face (Rhytidectomy), Chapter 177 in Head & Neck Surgery-Otolaryngology, (Bailey, B.J., editor), 4th Edition, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp. 2627-2649, 2006

Baker S. B.: Rhytidectomy, chapter 28 in  in Cummings Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Fifth edition, Volume one, Mosby Elsevier, 2010, pp.403-427



254) C        The first visit with the patient is on the second postoperative day.