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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 concept of skull reduction is like the reduction of almost any skeletal structure in the body…there are limits. The length and thickness of the anatomy is one controlling factor along with how well the overlying soft tissues shrink and contract down around the reduced bone. Thus most aesthetic reductions have to be given Read More…
The nostrils are essentially the only non-osteocartilaginous part of the nose that can be surgically modified. While the lower alar cartilages do provide some structural support this is closer to the tip than the nostril base. The lateral or base of the nose is composed only of soft tissues regardless of how wide or narrow Read More…
Pelvic Plasty is a skeletal-based form of hip augmentation that increases pelvic bone width. The postoperative swelling and discomfort it causes is not particularly different from hip implant augmentation in general. There will be drains placed at the end of the surgery that will need to be in place for a few days after the Read More…
While iliac plates provide an effective pelvic bone width augmentation the iliac crest does not comprise the entire hip region. It is a very specific form of hip augmentation that is skeletally based. Two-thirds of the total hip region lies below the bony crest. The middle third of the hips is known as the hip Read More…
In placing iliac plates for pelvic bone widening its location on the bone will determine its effectiveness. The iliac crest is on the top of the wing of the ilium which flares outward at about a 45 degree angle in which it has an inner and outer lip. To optimally widen the pelvic bone the Read More…
Widening pelvic bone width requires the placement of an implant along the anterior half of the iliac crest to expand its contour outward. Amongst all aesthetic implants this pelvic implant is unique. It does not call itself an implant, rather it is called an iliac plate and is of metallic composition. This is the only Read More…
The hips have long been one of the main features of attractiveness for the female body. Having an outward curve of the hips is important as it creates a visual separation from the waist above it. Anthropometrically studies have shown that the relationship or ratio between the waist and hips (Waist-Hip Ratio, WHR), as measured Read More…
Custom skull implants are the definitive treatment for elective aesthetic skull augmentations. Besides the surface area coverage, shape and thickness of the implant the other important consideration is the capacity of the scalp to accommodate it. This is based on how much the scalp can stretch which varies amongst patients based on the thickness of Read More…
Custom facial implants are like all other facial procedures in terms of inducing postoperative swelling and bruising. This is typically a relatively short-lived aesthetic issue that has largely abated by one month after surgery. Bruising or ecchymoses always resolve before all swelling has subsided. As a result there usually is not much concern about early Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the most common alloplastic facial augmentation procedure. As a result localized reactions to an implant on the end of this lower jaw are the most well known. Bone erosion is the frequently highlighted reaction to the implant but the biologic reality is that this is a benign passive and self-limited process 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...