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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: The occipital bone on the back of the head has a trapezoidal shape that forms the lower and back part of the cranium. It is not a snoot bone and has various ridges and prominences due to the attachment of numerous neck muscles. But there is one often seen and well described bump on Read More…
Background: Bony prominences of the skull can occur anywhere on its five surfaces in wide variety of shapes and sizes. But there are some consistent types of bony protrusions seen on each skull surface. These include sagittal crests on the top of the head, occipital buns and knobs on the back of the head, bossing Read More…
Rib removal surgery is the internal framework modification approach for waistline reduction/narrowing. While much focus is on the removal or changes in shape of the lower ribcage, particularly the unattached #11 and 12 ribs, there are other tissue reductions that are done as well. At least this is true in the rib removal approach but Read More…
While implants have been used to aesthetically augment the lower two-thirds of the face, less implant augmentations have been done in the upper third of the face in the forehead. The main reason, of course, is that there are historically no standard forehead implants available and part of the reason for this is that the Read More…
While the incidence of infection in facial implants is fairly low, 1% to 2%, it is not zero. The definitive treatment for any facial implant infection is removal. This works 100% of the time for a successful resolution of the infection. But more times than not the patient will want an implant eventually replaced whether Read More…
Repositioning of the jaws is a well known method of treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with substantial forward movements. This works because the base of the tongue is pulled forward as dentoalveolar portion of the jaw moves forward and the soft palate similarly does so with the maxillary advancement. A smaller osteotomy on the lower Read More…
Background: The most successful forms of significant aesthetic skull augmentation involves the placement of a custom designed implant directly on the skull bone under all layers of the scalp. The most commonly used custom skull implant is made of solid silicone for both ease of placement through a much smaller scalp incision and lower manufacturing Read More…
Most aesthetic body contouring surgeries manipulate soft tissues for augmentative or reductive changes. Very few aesthetic procedures, unlike the face, change the bony structures to exert its effects. Such body procedures include limb lengthening, shoulder narrowing and lengthening and lower ribcage reductions for waistline/torso narrowing. But a new structural body procedure has emerged for aesthetic Read More…
Chin augmentation can be done by a variety of methods from non-surgical injectable fillers to surgical implants and bone moving surgery. For some patients an initial non-surgical method is an appealing approach due to its immediate effect with no recovery. The most common fillers used for chin augmentation are hyaluron-based and there are a wide Read More…
Background: Skin laxity is a common anatomic result of aging which affects body areas differently. The greatest amount of age-related skin excesses typically occur in joints in the extremities, most notably the elbows and knees. These extremity areas are continuously flexed and extended often well beyond 90 degrees for extended time periods over a lifetime. 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...