Forehead Lift Fixation

Periosteum Versus Bone for the Fixation of Forehead Lift: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled, Split-Face Trial.

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00662961

Acronym

Forehead

Enrollment

Registered

2008-04-21

Start date

2007-01-31

Completion date

2007-08-31

Last updated

2008-04-21

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Conditions

Forehead

Keywords

Plastic Surgery

Brief summary

To compare periosteum versus bone fixation in forehead lift.

Detailed description

Forehead lift method of fixation is variable and lots of different methods have been described with different rates of success. The comparison of to different techniques in a RCT has not been reported before. The objective is to compare periosteum versus bone fixation in forehead lift, in a randomized, blinded, controlled, split-face trial.

Interventions

PROCEDUREBone

Bone tunnel fixation

PROCEDUREPeriosteum

Periosteum fixation

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

21 Years to 70 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Eye brow malposition * Forehead wrinkles

Exclusion criteria

* Previous surgery * Forehead trauma or scar

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Eye brow position	6 months

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Patients' satisfaction	6 months
Complications	6 months

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026