Refreshing Labioplasty Techniques for Plastic Surgeons

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Level of Evidence V This journal requires that authorsassign a level of evidence to each article. For a fulldescription of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings,please refer to the Table of Contents or the onlineInstructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266.We comment on the review of labioplasty by Drs. Tri-ana and Robeldo [1] The authors studied 74 patients andreviewed them during an average follow-up period of 6months according to a prescribed follow-up protocol ofseven postoperative visits.Although we have not been informed how many of theirpatients returned for follow-up, their experience seems tobe at odds with ours because less than 5 % of our labio-plasty patients keep their second postoperative follow-upappointment. We wonder whether the authors have anexplanation for why satisfied patients would return seventimes for a follow-up evaluation and whether the authorsenjoy a special cultural advantage.Also, the authors state that their patients ranged in agefrom 23 to 47 years and that two of their photographedpatients were ages 52 and 58 years, respectively. Weassume this was an error. Finally we commend the authorsfor their accumulated experience and their excellent pho-tographic follow-up evaluation.Reference