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Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...
Implant sizing in Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) patients is very different from standard cosmetic calf augmentation because the tissues are usually: thinner tighter more asymmetric neurologically compromised less forgiving of oversized implants The reconstructive goal is usually: “restore proportional leg contour without creating implant conspicuity.” Core Principles of Sizing in CMT 1. Conservative sizing is critical The Read More…
Calf implants can be a useful reconstructive option in selected patients with Charcot–Marie–Tooth (CMT) disease, particularly when there is severe lower leg muscle wasting (“stork legs”) that causes cosmetic deformity and sometimes difficulty fitting clothing or feeling comfortable socially. A few important considerations make CMT patients different from standard cosmetic calf augmentation patients: Why calf Read More…
Introduction The most reliable method of calf augmentation is with the use of implants.. Fat injections may benefit patients who have adequate donor sites and can tolerate their unpredictable volume retention, but most muscle augmentations get the most predictable and effective results from implants. Like most extremity implants, subfascial placement inside the muscle sheath is Read More…
Implants remain the most definitive and reliable method of calf augmentation. While fat injections may benefit select patients, calf implants consistently provide a more predictable and effective outcome. Like other extremity implants, calf implants are linear in design, with length greater than width, and are placed in a north–south orientation. The incision is favorably positioned Read More…
Background: Calf implants are largely done for aesthetic augmentation of small sized lower legs regardless of gender. In less commonly performed cases the motivation for calf implants is reconstructive in nature. One such congenital reason is clubfoot, one of the most common birth defects. It is seen clinically as a foot or feet that are Read More…
Background: The calf muscles, known as the gastrocs, are some of the hardest muscles to build up by exercise. They are so stubborn to enlargement because they are already working regularly by just the walking and standing that we normally do. Thus to get them even bigger than they normally are they have to really Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the lower legs can be done by either fat injections or implants. Each has their advantages and disadvantages which is consistent with the same choice for any other body muscle augmentation. Fat injections are an autologous procedure that has few complications and is a natural material but its volume retention is unpredictable Read More…
Calf implants offer assured and a permanent muscle enhancing effect for the lower legs. They are specifically used to enhance the size of the gastrocnemius muscles. They are most commonly placed in the subfascial pocket on top of the muscle through incisions on the back of the knee. While a relatively straightforward procedure for those Read More…
Background: Aesthetic leg augmentations most commonly are done in the lower half of the leg for the calf muscles. The medial and lateral gastrocnemius muscles have a longitudinal orientation with an enveloping fascia. Because the muscle needs to slide within this enveloping fascial sheath for extension and flexion, a subfascial pocket can be created into Read More…
Calf implants involve dissection from incisions on the back of the knee inferiorly down to the gastrocnemius muscle fascia. The fascia is then entered so that the implant can be placed underneath it on top of the muscle. There are two gastrocnemius muscles, an inner or medial muscle belly and an outer or lateral muscle Read More…
Clinical Outcomes in Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Reduction
Rib removal surgery represents the elimination of the last anatomic...
The Surgical Technique of Clavicular Osteotomies in Shoulder Width Reduction
Shoulder width reduction is done by shortening the length of the...
The shape and appearance of the forehead is highly influenced by...
Background: The evolution of rhinoplasty surgery over the past twenty years...