bichectomy

English

Bichectomy: before and after

Etymology

From Bichat's fat pad +‎ -ectomy.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛktəmi

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:

Synonyms

• buccal fat extraction
• buccal fat removal

Translations

buccal surgery

• Portuguese: bichectomia (pt) f

Further reading

• Buccal fat extraction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia