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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...
Rhinoplasty like all facial reshaping surgeries undergo an evolution during the healing process. There is the immediate appearance of the various aspects of the nose as they appear to the surgeon during surgery. And then there is the much longer healing process, up to one year after surgery, in which the nose continues to change Read More…
Facial implants, like every other surgical technology, has evolved over the years. From surgical methods to place them to the actual implant shapes, what we use today is understandably different from what was done decades ago. Every now and then this becomes evident when treating an ‘older’ patient, who often presents for facial rejuvenation today, 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…
Background: Jaw asymmetries are one of the most common congenital facial asymmetries that present in a wide range of expressions. Most are small type asymmetries that most people would barely notice. But the more significant ones are more obvious with chins that are shifted to one side and with jaw angles that are profoundly different Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty for chin augmentation is a well known alternative to that of an implant. It is typically done for a completely or nearly complete horizontal chin augmentation effect. This also represents the most common type of aesthetic chin deficiency. A lesser known but also effective use of the chin osteotomy procedure is Read More…
Background: Aesthetic augmentation of the orbit is most commonly associated with the standard infraorbital rim or tear trough implant. While effective for the limited problems they are designed to treat, they are unable to affect the vast majority of the orbit rims and other bones attached to it. There is where custom implants and their Read More…
Rib removal surgery is an all out effort to maximize waistline reduction. To bring in the sides of the waistline the most that is humanly possible a multilevel tissue reduction/removal approach is used. From the skin inward to the abdominal wall are the layers of fat, muscle and rib. Each tissue element can be modified Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull is affected by numerous bony and muscle features which ultimately work together to create an overall head shape. In a narrow head shape it is marked by a bony temporal line that is more narrow from the forehead to the back of the head. This can make the brow Read More…
Jaw reduction, often called V line surgery, is a popular facial reshaping operation and is done by several different techniques. But no matter how it is done it is not an easy operation due to the limited visibility working through intraoral incisions underneath the masseter muscle and around the pathway of the inferior alveolar/mental nerves. Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull is influenced by a variety of structural elements within it as well as external forces. The internal elements are mainly the suture lines around which the skull bones form and are shaped. The sutures lines have a major influence particularly where they join other suture lines. These junctional areas 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...