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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...
A custom jawline implant has become the premiere method of total jawline augmentation. Being able to control the dimensions of the three corners of the jawline (chin and jaw angles) as well as its connections through the body of the mandible creates the opportunity for a complete lower facial skeletal makeover. This type of facial Read More…
The side of the head is typically seen or described as the area above the ears. It is influenced by a variety of constituent anatomic structures including bone, muscle and skin. Their thicknesses and the ratio of tissue proportions between them all contribute to the flatness or convexity of the side of the head. The Read More…
Background: There are a wide variety of shape deformations that can occur in the forehead. Most of these are caused or influenced by some congenital or developmental influence on the frontal bone forms. Bump, lumps, prominences, flatness and asymmetries are how they present which are readily apparent give the very visible and broad surface of Read More…
Background: One of the most common congenital malformations of the external ear is that of the constricted ear deformity. It goes by a number of other names such as lop ear and cup ear. But they all fall under that of an ear constriction issue. Think of the outer helical rim as a draw string Read More…
As the chin is usually the most protrusive part of the lower face, its shape is clearly evident. While the shape of the human chin is highly variable there are some general trends based on gender. The male chin is known to usually be bigger than that of females in both projection but almost always Read More…
Background: The term, cleft lip and palate, refers to a spectrum of congenital clefting conditions that emanate out from the mouth area. In its most common presentation, it involves both the cleft lip and palate (technically cleft lip-alveolus-nose-palate) but it can also occur as an isolated cleft lip or an isolated cleft palate. These common Read More…
The use of injectable fillers in the face has expanded tremendously over the past decade. What was once viewed as off limits to place fillers has now become commonplace. This is particularly relevant to the nose whose small and tight tissues was historically felt to be an ill advised place for injecting fillers. But today Read More…
Temporal artery ligation is traditionally a medical procedure done as a diagnostic procedure for temporal arteritis. In this procedure it is done at the edge of the temporal hairline through a cm. or large incision in which a section of the artery is removed and sent to pathology for histologic examination. Technically this procedure should Read More…
Background: The skull is a unique collection of bones (plates) that are interconnected and developmentally affect each other. The most common example of his relationship is that of the congenital condition known as craniosynostosis. When a cranial suture prematurely fuses, bone growth perpendicular to the suture is impeded. Thus in sagittal craniosynostosis, for example, the Read More…
Reduction of prominent cheekbones requires some form of bone reduction. While some may think that shaving or burring can reduce the width of the cheekbones, this is largely an ineffective technique. This is because the only portion of the cheekbone that is accessible for shaving is the most anterior portion right below the eye. This 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...