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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: Otoplasty is a common ear reshaping procedure for which many variations of how to perform it successfully have been proposed. The one similarity of all otoplasty techniques is that they are performed in the supine or face up position. The head is turned from side to side where the ear is then laying flat Read More…
There are a lot of great benefits to a sliding genioplasty chin augmentation procedure but, like all procedures, it has its own unique complications and adverse postoperative sequelae. One of these postoperative issues that can occur is lower lip tightness. Like the upper lip the lower lip is very flexible through the depth of the Read More…
Background: The webbed neck is a well known congenital deformity that is associated with many different syndromes and conditions, most notably Turner’s syndrome. Its embryology is not precisely known although it is somewhat simplistically obvious looking at facial development and the migration of the ears upward from the neck at around 7 to 8 weeks Read More…
Background: Hip augmentation is a feminizing body procedure for which there is no yet firmly established techniques to do so. Synthetic fillers are a non-surgical method but the high volume of injectate needed and the lack of permanent fillers with a high safety profile limit their use and effectiveness. While fat injections are a widely Read More…
There are a variety of implant materials that can be used for both standard and custom facial implants. These include solid silicone, porous polyethylene (Medpor, Omnivore and Supor), PEEK and titanium. While surgeons may often tout one material as being superior to another this is simply not accurate. All of the mentioned implant materials can Read More…
Background: The webbed neck is a congenital deformity that can be challenging to treat due to the broad upper trapezius muscle area. While the webs are often perceived as being completely composed of excess skin, it is the broader trapezius muscle that precludes achieving a completely straight neck line from any webbed neck surgery technique. Read More…
Surgical jaw angle augmentation is most commonly associated with implants placed on the bone through an intraoral approach. These submuscular implants create their effect by extending the bony border of the ramus as well as pushing out the masseter muscle above it. It is this muscular effect that can create the need for a far Read More…
Background: The webbed neck is an easily visible deformity by its wide base into the upper trapezius muscle area. While often thought of as just being excess webs of skin there is a broader or elevated trapezius muscle component to them that for most patients precludes a complete correction or a perfectly straight vertical neck Read More…
Background: There are a variety of established aesthetic head shape deformities that have been assigned well known names. One of these is that of scaphocephaly or a boat-shaped head which is a literal translation of the name. Because a boat is long and narrow this is exactly how such a head shape appears. In the Read More…
Background: There are numerous methods of facial assessment when determining the most aesthetically pleasing facial proportions. One of the most commonly used methods is that of the facial thirds. This is a vertical assessment of the length of the face broken down into 3 sections, frontal hairline to flabella (upper), glabella to central nasal base 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...