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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...
Reconstruction of congenital ear defects, of which microtia is the most common, requires a framework to recreate the basic structure of the ear. Such framework recreations can be done either fabricating it from rib cartilage or an off-the shelf prefabricated implant. (porous polyethylene or Medpor) Each ear framework approach as its own advantages and disadvantages Read More…
Background: The webbed neck is an uncommon congenital neck deformity that is largely an aesthetic concern. Medically known as pterygium colli deformity, they are skin folds that run from the base of the skull behind the ears down to the shoulders. It occurs in a variety of well recognized medical conditions such as Turner, Noonan Read More…
Background: One rare source of lower back pain is known as costo-iliac impingement syndrome. As the name indicates this is where the lower ribs run into and rub against the the top of the hips. (iliac crest) This anatomic derangement is also known by other names such as iliocostal friction and rib tip syndrome. Given Read More…
Rib removal is an effective, albeit last resort, surgical technique for maximal horizontal waistline reduction. Done through small oblique lateral back incisions, the lower third of the outer half of the lower three ribs are removed. They are able to be done though such a small skin incision by a circumferential subperiosteal dissection technique that Read More…
Background: The well known facelift operation affects both hard and soft tissue. It improves the shape of the neck as well as provides increased smoothness among the jawline. It does both because of superolateral soft repositioning helping to unmask a once better defined jawline that has become partially obscured by soft tissue redundancies. The one Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants are a very effective method of increasing various outer contours of the skull. Whether it is for correcting deficient areas of the skull or to increase its external surface for improved shape or size, the use of a 3D CT scan allows preoperative implant designing. In such designs considerable thought goes Read More…
Background: Sagging of the neck due to aging is inevitable in everyone, it is only a matter of when and to what degree the tissue droop will occur. In older patients with more advanced neck changes the neck sag becomes more pronounced and heavy, usually creating a distinct midline of skin and fat down the Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetry is common and most of us have it to some mild degree. Some would say that a certain amount of asymmetry makes the face uniquely different and provides character to it. But only each individual can say whether they consider their degree of facial asymmetry, if present, of aesthetic benefit or not. Read More…
Background: Enhancement of the prominence of the jaw angles is today sought by both men and women. For men a more defined jaw angle often means increased width of a bony angle shape that often curves more inward. A wider jaw angle shape will also make it more defined and often makes it appear a Read More…
Background: The shape of the ear can be changed by a variety of surgical procedures. The most common is the setback otoplasty for the protruding ear. By bending back the main cartilage framework of the ear using primarily sutures, it resets its cartilage shape memory through prolonged suture immobility. While the otoplasty is often viewed 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...