Cervico-Mental Angle Suspensory Ligament: The Keystone to Understand the Cervico-Mental Angle and the Ageing Process of the Neck

The authors performed cadaveric dissections to investigate the existence of an anatomical structure creating and maintaining the cervical mental angle, aiming to understand the anatomical bases of the cervico-mental angle and its modifications over time. Six fresh cadaver dissections were performed;...

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Published in:Aesthetic plastic surgery 2017-08, Vol.41 (4), p.832-836
Main Authors: Labbé, Daniel, Rocha, Cynthia Souza Martins, de Souza Rocha, Franklin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Anatomic Landmarks - surgery
Cadaver
Dissection
Esthetics
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Ligaments
Ligaments - anatomy & histology
Ligaments - surgery
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Neck - anatomy & histology
Neck - surgery
Original Article
Otorhinolaryngology
Plastic Surgery
Rejuvenation
Risk Assessment
Skin Aging - physiology
Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System - physiopathology
Superficial Musculoaponeurotic System - surgery
Surgery, Plastic - methods
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:The authors performed cadaveric dissections to investigate the existence of an anatomical structure creating and maintaining the cervical mental angle, aiming to understand the anatomical bases of the cervico-mental angle and its modifications over time. Six fresh cadaver dissections were performed; four were done in the Caen University anatomy laboratory one in Paris XV University and one in the Coventry University hospital, England. At the end of this investigation, the authors were able to demonstrate the existence of an anatomical structure in the neck, the cervico-mental angle suspensory ligament. This ligament that fixates the platysma and skin to deeper structures originated from the second branchial arch and seems to play a key role in the formation of the cervico-mental angle and in the anatomical alterations in the ageing process. Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
ISSN:0364-216X
1432-5241
DOI:10.1007/s00266-017-0861-8