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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: Like any other body part, head size or the shape of the skull can be too big or disproportionate. Like small area or spot skull reductions larger skull surface areas can be reduced but the issues of access and effectiveness must be carefully considered. Access refers to what the incisional scar burden would be Read More…
Background: In placing a chin implant there are two approaches, intraoral and submental incisional access. Each has their advantages and disadvantages. What is most obvious to the patient is that the intraoral approach avoids an external scar with a somewhat higher risk of infection. The submental approach has a lower risk of infection but at Read More…
Waistline narrowing is a common female body contouring request for which numerous standard surgical techniques are used. Liposuction and various types of tummy tucks are effective procedures which will work for the majority of patients. But for the cis female seeking a maximal waistline reduction or for the transgender patient who is striving to change Read More…
Background: While the most common chin augmentation change is in the horizontal dimension, there are occasional needs for a vertical increase as well. Such vertical increases are often an accompanying change with a horizontal augmentation and usually are of a lesser movement. There are, however, patients whose chin argumentation needs are dominated by the vertical Read More…
Changing the length of the clavicle to affect the shape of shoulder is the fundamental premise of shoulder widening and narrowing surgery. This is anatomically based on the tubular shape of the bone that largely runs in the horizontal direction between the shoulder and the sternum. While it is not truly horizontal in orientation, rather Read More…
Background: As a projecting solitary structure, the chin has a three dimensional component to it. By far the most common type of chin dimensional change requested by patients is augmentative in nature, usually in the horizontal direction. Reductive chin changes is far less commonly requested and, as a result, surgeon experience in doing so is Read More…
POSTOPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS Clavicular Reduction Osteotomies (Shoulder Feminization Surgery) Most patients will need some narcotic pain medication after surgery. You will be given a pain prescription prior to surgery with instructions for its use. More than one pain prescription may be needed. Muscle relaxants and nerve pain (gabapentin) may also be helpful for some patients. Your Read More…
POSTOPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS Clavicular Lengthening Osteotomies (Shoulder Masculinization Surgery) Most patients will need some narcotic pain medication after surgery. You will be given a pain prescription prior to surgery with instructions for its use. Take as needed and a 2nd prescription can be provided if needed. The application of ice over the taped inner shoulder incisions Read More…
Background: The back of the head is seemingly devoid of any distinctive features. Yet it has as many osseous features as that of the forehead which is on the opposite side of the skull. At the bottom of the occipital bone on the back of the head is the central inion, or occipital knob, as Read More…
Background: The jaw angles of the lower jaw represent two-thirds of the lower face. Despite occupying a large surface area and providing significant soft tissue support to the overlying soft tissues, the jaw angles have historically been less aesthetically recognized than that of the singular projecting chin. This is understandable given that the chin is 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...