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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...
Rib removal is becoming a more well known procedure for waist narrowing. There are numerous methods for modifying the shape of the lower ribs to subtotal removal of them. But just as there are techniques to do it there are also specific types of patients who seek the procedure that require some modifications in technique Read More…
Background: Rib removal surgery is becoming a better known procedure for its waist narrowing effect. Its effectiveness is based on the loss of underlying structural support of the lower ribcage for the soft tissues of the waistline. This typically involves subtotal removal of ribs #11 and #12 but may in some cases include rib #10 Read More…
In Type 1 rib removal surgery the primary goal is reduction in the length of the free floating ribs (#11 and #12) and any associated soft tissue thicknesses around them. The soft tissue removal can be two fold, flank fat by liposuction and latissimus dorsi (LD) muscle by excision. While rib removal surgery understandably has Read More…
Background: Rib removal surgery for waist narrowing is a confusing concept because of the different ways surgeons perform it. (and often with different aesthetic outcomes as a result) When one thinks of rib removal it is understandable that the focus is exclusively on the ribs themselves. But rib bone modifications can be done by either Read More…
Rib removal surgery is the internal framework modification approach for waistline reduction/narrowing. While much focus is on the removal or changes in shape of the lower ribcage, particularly the unattached #11 and 12 ribs, there are other tissue reductions that are done as well. At least this is true in the rib removal approach but Read More…
Background: For surgical waist narrowing conventional procedures like liposuction and tummy tucks have a primary role. When they are inadequate or an increased narrowing effect is desired the lone remaining option is structural modification of the lower ribcage. Whether this is done by rib fracture or rib removal the concept is that a collapse or Read More…
Background: While there are many bony structural procedures of the face, there are very few on the body. Those that do exist, however, are bony in nature and consist of shoulder, rib and iliac bony changes. In the transfemale patient population in particular shoulder and waist reductions are desired to help create more body contour Read More…
Liposuction is the first step (procedure) in rib removal surgery and is done to treat the superficial fat layer before going deeper into the ribs. While there are few variations as to how the initial liposuction is done the rib removal part can be done using various approaches. Having done hundreds of rib removal surgeries Read More…
Rib removal surgery is the final effort used for waistline narrowing. It is a procedure that is poorly understood in terms of what is actually done in the surgery and how it anatomically works. It is perceived as a bone removal procedure which allows the waist soft tissues around the ribs to collapse inward after Read More…
Background: Structural waist reduction is synonymous with rib removal surgery. It is the next and last step beyond traditional soft tissue body contouring procedures. Rib removal exerts its effects by the combination of bone mass removal and the loss of thoracoabdominal muscle attachments. This allows the waistline to fall inward. How much it does so 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...