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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...
Of all the potential areas of facial skeletal augmentation, cheek implants are the second most commonly performed location. Having noticeable and strong cheek bones is considered just about part of every aesthetically pleasing face, There are gender and other ‘look’ differences in the dimensions of the cheek prominences but their presence is a key aesthetic Read More…
Breast augmentation continues to be a popular body contouring procedure with over 300,000 women having their breasts enhanced last year alone in the U.S.. While it may be hard to see any association at all between breast implants and sugar and desserts, they are some visual and tactile similarities. This association has come about Read More…
Breast augmentation is one of the most popular body contouring operations. It creates an instantaneous effect that often can cause quite a dramatic change in a woman’s chest appearance. But its effects are due to a medical device and, as such, makes it prone to a higher rate of complications than any plastic surgery operation Read More…
Despite the popularity of fat grafting and its widespread use, it is far from a perfected procedure. Its most common problem is the unpredictability of its take or graft volume persistence. Despite what some physician’s claim, no one has developed a fat grafting method or technique that can give consistent and reliable results in all Read More…
The third and final part of the fat grafting process is that of the injection technique. Injecting the fat into the desired site seems the simplest part of the process and has very little dependence or devices or any mechanized methods. It is a purely manual process. that represents the most ‘artistic’ part of the Read More…
Much focus has been on fat graft concentration which is the singularly most studied factor on graft survival. Like fat graft collection, it is most often a device-driven part of the process. Three main techniques exist for graft concentration including gravity separation, washing, and centrifugation. Each method has their own advantages and disadvantages. Centrifuges have Read More…
It has been shown in numerous experimental studies that fat graft survival and the volume retention that results is from the number of fat cells (adipocytes) surviving the transplantation process. While accompanying stem cells and other companion cells may have a contributing role in creating some of the augmentative effect (preadipocyte conversion), this cellular event Read More…
Almost everyone’s concept of a facelift is one that is pulled too tight. This misconception undoubtably comes from celebrities who have made somewhat of a career and perpetual jokes about their own facelifts. Such notables include Phyllis Diller and Joan Rivers. They made a good living poking fun at themselves and their own taut Read More…
The most common surgical treatment today for migraine headaches that are due to peripheral occipital nerve impingement is decompression as the nerve courses through the neck muscles and fascia. While this operation has a significant rate of symptom improvement, not all patients get better and some who get better relapse back after a period of Read More…
Background: Combination internal nasal surgery to improve breathing and external nasal reshaping is commonly done. Technically this is known as a septorhinoplasty procedure. While the two nasal surgeries can be done separately and frequently are, one can always influence the other adversely. An overly done rhinoplasty can collapse the middle vault and narrow the internal 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...