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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...
The sagittal crest deformity is a common skull reduction surgery. This is an elevated sagittal suture line which appears as a midline crest on top of the head. It may be due to a thickened sagittal suture line, a naturally narrow head shape with parasagittal-temporal deficiency or a combination of both. When it occurs because Read More…
Temporal reduction is a well known and effective procedure for head width reduction. It specifically removes the thinner posterior portion of the temporalis muscle that covers the convex portion of the temporal bone above the ear. This muscle due to its greater thickness in some people can create an undesired amount of convexity to the Read More…
A custom jawline implant provides a comprehensive augmentation of the entire lower face. Placed through a triangular incisional technique the subperiosteal tissues are dissected and the positioning of its three ‘corners’ is done under direct vision. What i not obvious in this process is that all three incisions are fairly small and such of the Read More…
A custom implant is the most assured method for creating almost any form of skull augmentation. This becomes an absolutely essential approach when the skull surface area coverage of the implant is substantial. (aka a large custom skull implant) With large custom skull implants there are two considerations of great relevance that does not exist Read More…
The success of shoulder narrowing surgery is ultimately determined by complete healing of the ostectomy site. This is made possible by the application of rigid fixation using 2.7mm plates and bicortical screws. To date all patients have gone on to complete healing of their clcvciicl shortening sites. Once healed the long-term question is whether the Read More…
Background: While the cheeks are generally perceived as a mound-like shape of varying sizes below and to the side of the eye, it is anatomically more complex. It is a horizontally oriented bone where its main mass, the zygomatic body, serves as the interface between the orbital and sinus cavities and where three of the Read More…
Background: The skull has five basic bony surfaces. The forehead, top and back of the head are exclusively bone surfaces while the paired side of the head is covered by a thick muscular layer. (temporalis muscle) This anatomic difference has great relevance when it comes to performing various skull augmentation procedures. While placing a skull Read More…
The custom skull implant provides the most effective method of correction of various flat skull areas (e.g., planiocephaly) or a desire for a larger skull shape. Such computer-designed implants made from a solid silicone material offer the most advantages in skull augmentation because they can be placed through the smallest scalp incision…an important consideration in Read More…
For men who seek wider shoulders beyond that of exercise there are three surgical options. The medial bone-based approach is clavicle lengthening while the lateral soft tissue methods include deltoids implants and deltoid fat injections. Each of these shoulder widening methods has their advantages and disadvantages and no method is perfect. The lateral soft tissue Read More…
The ribs are comprised of 12 pairs, all of which have a bony and cartilage component. The ratio of cartilage to bone depends on what rib it is and whether it attaches to the sternum or not. The first ten ribs do attach to the sternum and have varying cartilages in those attachments as it 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...