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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: Buttock implants are placed through a mid-gluteal crease incision and into either an intramuscular, submuscular or subcutaneous tissue pocket. By virtue of its placement location and the incision needed to perform it implants augment the upper 2/3 s of the buttocks in most cases. Contrary to popular perception they do not create an overall Read More…
Background: For testicular enhancements to be effective by a side by side technique using a custom implant its size must be a certain percent bigger than the natural testicles. As a general rule that percent increase is in the 2/3s to 75% larger. For example if the natural testicles are 3.5cm then an implant size Read More…
Background: Of the five surfaces of the skull the sides of the head make up two of them and are the only surfaces covered by muscle. They are also the only skull surfaces whose profile (shape) can only seen from the front and back views of the head. As a result abnormal shapes to the Read More…
Background: The definitive method for aesthetic skull augmentation is a custom implant design. Not only is the method of implant design important, but also the material of which the implant is made. Unless the patient wants a long bicoronal scalp incision to place the implant, the implant material must be solid, but flexible. This is Read More…
Background: Rib removal surgery of various forms is becoming more recognized body contouring procedure. Ten years ago when I started doing the surgery it was only perceived as a myth and a dangerous undertaking. Today it is more commonly done and is performed in numerous variations from actual rib removal to rib fractures. It is Read More…
Background: The clavicle is a unique bone of the body more so than just being horizontal in orientation. It is a tubular bone that varies in shape and diameter as its moves from the sternoclavicular joint medially out to the acromioclavicular joint laterally. With lengths in the range of 13 to 16cms, cortical diameters ranging Read More…
Background: Rhinoplastyis an operation capable of making multidimensional changes to the shape of the nose. Through an individualized series of augmentative and reduction techniques the osteocartilaginous framework is altered and the final result seen when the overlying skin has fully wrapped around and adhered tightly to this new shape. Thus in planning each patient’s rhinoplasty Read More…
While facelift surgery has many variations in technique in its objective in most patients it is a neck-jowl lifting procedure. There are numerous deeper tissue manipulations (SMAS and deep plane) but a major component of the procedure is the location, or more importantly, the extent of the incisions used to perform the procedure. In the Read More…
Case Study: Jaw osteotomies are commonly performed with high degrees of success and few significant complications. They are very effective at improving lower face proportions and projection as well as occlusal interdigitation. But like all operations it is not perfect and does have some aesthetic tradeoffs. These aesthetic liabilities include bony irregularities and some dimensional Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants are typically used for correcting various skull contour deficiences and often have some appreciable soze and thicknesses. While creating a smooth contour change is a necessary part of that typical form of augmentation it is not usually the sole reason for the patient to undergo the procedure. But custom skull implants 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...