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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0376-7892</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirugía Plástica Ibero-Latinoamericana]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. plást. iberolatinoam.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0376-7892</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Española de Cirugía Plástica, Reparadora y Estética (SECPRE)]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0376-78922017000400247</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.4321/s0376-78922017000400005</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Miectomía frontal: una alternativa para reducir arrugas frontales]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Frontal muscle miectomy: an alternative to reduce frontal wrinkles]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Viterbo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Fausto]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Nduka]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Charles]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Brock]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ryane S.]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Viterbo Dr.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Viterbo Dr.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[F.]]></given-names>
</name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Dr.]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gabriel Alvarado]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Estadual Paulista (UNESP) Departamento de Cirugía Plástica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Botucatu São Paulo]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Queen Victoria Hospital  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[East Grinstead West Sussex]]></addr-line>
<country>Reino Unido</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones de Defectos de la Cara  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[São Paulo ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brasil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,Fundación Universitaria de Ciencias de la Salud (FUCS) Servicio de Cirugía Plástica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Rosario  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2017</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>43</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>247</fpage>
<lpage>253</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0376-78922017000400247&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0376-78922017000400247&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0376-78922017000400247&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Introducción y Objetivo Los cambios cutáneos, subcutáneos y óseos son característicos del rostro envejecido a través del tiempo. La pérdida de elasticidad del tejido blando, los cambios volumétricos y la actividad facial muscular, son en gran parte responsables de las arrugas faciales y su tratamiento es la petición más frecuente de los pacientes que quieren un rejuvenecimiento facial El objetivo de este estudio es describir una técnica quirúrgica alternativa para tratar arrugas frontales con menos morbilidad y resultados más duraderos.  Material y Método Recogemos un total de 31 pacientes entre los 37 y 75 años de edad intervenidos mediante miectomía frontal entre los años 2003 y 2007. La incisión fue dividida sobre el párpado superior, precapilar y transcapilar.  Resultados El tiempo de recuperación postoperatoria fue corto, con edema en torno a los 5 a 7 días; retornaron a sus actividades habituales en 7 días. Ningún paciente tuvo complicaciones intra o postoperatorias.  Conclusiones El tratamiento de arrugas horizontales de la frente con miectomía frontal es un procedimiento rápido, mínimamente invasivo, y que ofrece un resultado satisfactorio.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Background and Objective The skin, subcutaneus and osseus changes over time are characteristic of the ageing face. Loss of soft tissue elasticity, volumetric changes, and facial muscular activity are largely responsible for facial wrinkles, and is the treatment of these that are the most frequent request of patients wanting to look younger. The objective of this study is to describe an alternative surgical technique to treat frontal wrinkles with less morbidity and longer results.  Methods Thirty-one patients from 37 to 75 years old were submitted to frontal miectomy from 2003 to 2007. The incision was divided on superior eyelid, pre-capilar and transcapilar.  Results Patients submitted to this technique had short recovery time with edema around 5 to 7 days. They returned to their normal activities in 7 days. No patients had intra or postoperative complications. All patients were satisfied with the result.  Conclusions Frontal horizontal wrinkles treatment with frontal miectomy is a quick and minimally invasive procedure, with a long term result.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ritidectomía frontal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Arrugas faciales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Miectomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Frontal rhytidectomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Facial wrinkles]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Miectomy]]></kwd>
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