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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...
Rib removal is becoming a more well known procedure for waist narrowing. There are numerous methods for modifying the shape of the lower ribs to subtotal removal of them. But just as there are techniques to do it there are also specific types of patients who seek the procedure that require some modifications in technique Read More…
There are many structures of the face which contribute to its shape and proportions. Some of these are seen by their vertical relationships while others are seen more by their horizontal dimensions. The lips contribute to facial appearance by both their vertical and horizontal size of the exposed dry vermilion. Many aesthetic treatments are available Read More…
Temporal reduction is a very effective procedure for reducing an undesired width excess on the side of the head. Patients so affected can have a head referred to a ‘light bulb’ shape, an excessive convexity above the ears seen in the front and back views. While there may be a bony component to it the Read More…
Clavicle reduction osteotomies are an effective procedure for changing the width or wide shape of the shoulders. It is a conceptually straightforward procedure at its most basic level is linear in nature….remove a segment of the clavicle and putting it back together will move the shoulders inward. Its effectiveness depends on getting the two ends Read More…
Background: Chin implants have the longest history of all aesthetic facial implants and is not rare to occasionally come across a patient with an ‘old’ chin implant from many decades ago. In the vast majority of these cases it will be a silicone implant and it is possible to see various iterations of earlier generation Read More…
Alloplastic breast augmentation has always been done by two fundamental types of implants, silicone and saline. Each implant type has their advantage and disadvantages. Silicone breast implants can feel more natural and do not suffer spontaneous failure (deflation) but usually cost more and have the rare risks of adverse immunologic reactions to them. Conversely saline Read More…
Background: While pectoral implants are the male equivalent of female breast implants there are some obvious and not so obvious differences between them. The obvious differences are that in women the goals is to create a round mound that is only partially under the muscle. (if a submuscular approach is being used) It is not Read More…
Background: All three facial thirds can be aesthetically augmented with implants. But there are major differences between the upper third of the face than the lower two-thirds. By history, availability of off-the-shelf implants and clinical experience augmentation of the lower 2/3s of the face is well known with chin, cheek, jaw angle, paranasal, premaxillary, and Read More…
There are numerous aesthetic implants for the midface that are well known including cheek, tear trough and paranasal implants. While effective in the properly selected patient these standard facial implants provide spot augmentations meaning that only a portion of the facial bone area is being enlarged/expanded. For larger areas of midface augmentation these standard implants Read More…
Background: The five surfaces of the skull are prone to a wide variety of surface contour irregularities. In theory all five surfaces could be equally affected by these shape deformations but that is not so. Three of the five skull surfaces are completely bony but the sides are covered with muscle. Since almost all skull 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...