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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...
Background: The shape of the head largely consists of a variety of convex curves regardless of the angle in which it is viewed. It has an oblong spherical shape in which each edge transition, as viewed from various angles, has differently shaped curves to it. Differently shaped heads will cause disruptions of these convex curves Read More…
Asymmetry of the nose occurs for a variety of anatomic reasons. Septal deviation, nasal bone asymmetries, upper lateral and lower alar cartilages differences and even the thickness of the nasal skin are all well recognized contributors to nasal asymmetries. Many standard rhinoplasty maneuvers can help improve the centric alignment of nasal appearance. One less recognized Read More…
Background: The shape of the African-American nose is typified by several common features. The nasal bridge is typically low, the nasal tip is wide and under projected and the nostrils are often flared or wide. These osteocartilaginous features combined with thick nasal skin create a nose that needs a combination of increased hard tissue support, Read More…
The clavicle is the bone that maintains a solid separation between the sternum and the shoulder. Because of its horizontal orientation it is exposed to trauma and clavicle fractures are a well known injury of which almost everyone is aware of whether they have had a clavicle fracture or not. What is also well known Read More…
Soft tissue cheek reduction is most commonly associated with the well known buccal lipectomy procedure. Through an intraoral incision in the maxillary vestibule, the encapsulated buccal fat pas is accessed by passing through the upper fibers of the buccinator muscle. Once inside its capsule, the main body of the buccal fat pad is extracted after Read More…
Background: There are several key differences between the male and female upper third of the face. The male forehead has prominent brow bones on its lower edge which are a combination of medial frontal sinus expansion mounds and lateral frontal bone ridges which extend into the lateral orbital rim. The suprabrow forehead has a minimally Read More…
Plagiocephaly is one of the recognized and perhaps most common of all the congenital skull deformities. By its name it means an oblique or twisted skull shape where the skull appears rotated around its central axis affecting the back, sides and forehead giving them an asymmetric shape. It typically affects the back of the head Read More…
Background: There are a wide variety of aesthetic head/skull shape deformities. One of the most common one that I see is the peaked head shape. From the front view the midline of the top of the head is the highest point with varying degrees of drop off from the midline of the skull down past Read More…
Of all the facial implants, jaw angle implants are the most challenging to accurately place. Whether it is a standard jaw angle implant or the jaw angle portion of a custom jawline implant getting the corner position of the implant (posterior-inferior angle) in the correct position is not easy or assured. This is so because Read More…
Background: Decreasing the projection of wide cheekbones can be done effectively by only one procedure, cheekbone reduction osteotomies. This well known procedure accomplishes this width reduction by a combination of anterior and posterior osteotomies The anterior osteotomy is done through an intraoral incision through the zygomatic body, the largest section of the cheekbone. The posterior 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...