bichectomy

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English

Bichectomy: before and after

Etymology

From Bichat's fat pad +‎ -ectomy.

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Noun

bichectomy (uncountable)

  1. (surgery) Plastic surgery that removes a piece of buccal fat-pad tissue from each side of the face
    • 2016, F JaegerCHBC de Castroet al., “A novel preoperative ultrasonography protocol for prediction of bichectomy procedure”, in Arquivo Brasileiro de Odontologia, volume 12, number 2:
      Nowadays, bichectomy or facial lipectomy is a surgical procedure in great evidence worldwide []
    • 2018, Gustavo Steffen Alvarez, Evandro José Siqueira, “Bichectomy: technical systematization applied in 27 consecutive cases”, in Rev. Bras. Cir. Plást., volume 33, number 1, pages 74–81:
    • 2018, Leandro Kluppel et al., “Complications associated with the bichectomy surgery”, in RGO Rev. Gaúch. Odontol., volume 66, number 3, pages 278–284:

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