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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...
Otoplasty for protruding ears is the most commonly performed aesthetic procedure of the external ear. Its technical execution has been described by a large number of cartilage manipulation techniques to make the ear less prominent. What is shared by every technique is that the goal is to bent the ear framework into a modified shape Read More…
Background: The shape of the forehead is affected by numerous bony and soft tissue landmarks. While the forehead can have a wide variety of shapes from flatter to more rounded and from more vertical in inclination to more sloped, the one consistent feature that is desired is smoothness. The exposed and usually tight skin of Read More…
The long upper third of the face, or the vertically long forehead, can only be treated by one fundamental approach…lower the hairline. To do such forehead reduction requires either hair transplantation or the frontal hairline advancement procedure. There are advantages and disadvantages to either approach and neither one is an ideal solution to every patient. Read More…
One of the most common questions about ligation of the superficial temporal artery (STA) is whether it is safe…meaning does cutting off the blood flow to the forehead and front of the scalp pose any problems? The answer is no. But understanding the blood flow patterns of the superficial temporal artery will provide some solace Read More…
Background: Improvement of a flat back of the head is the most skull augmentation for men. This is not a surprise given the head’s exposure due to either short hairstyles or a complete shaved head. Men so affected often describe the need to wear hats when they go out due to being uncomfortable with their Read More…
Background: Breast ptosis is a well described sagging of breast tissue over the inframammary fold. Based on the amount of tissue overhang different degrees have been described to it. The anatomic basis for breast ptosis or sagging is when loss of breast tissue volume occurs with a resultant excess of enveloping skin, which allows the Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation exerts its effects by pushing out the overlying soft tissue by augmentation of the bone. When done by an implant it can only push out the soft tissues that are released with its pocket creation and placement. This can change all chin areas with the exception of one….the labiomental fold. (perhaps better Read More…
Rhinoplasty can have a wide variety of pleasing aesthetic effects. But there are also some undesirable nose shape changes that can occur particularly in the tip area. The tip of the nose is prone to the greatest number of undesired aesthetic changes from surgical manipulation because of its unique anatomic composition. It is the union Read More…
The S-shape of the clavicle bone is anchored by very strong ligamentous attachments at both ends to joints of the sternum and scapula. Because of its horizontal orientation it also serves as a location for multiple muscle attachments of the neck, chest and shoulder. These muscles include from medial to lateral the sternocleidomastoid, pectoralis major, Read More…
Background: For the female that is bothered by disproportionately wide shoulders this width can be successfully reduced by clavicle reduction osteotomies. Since the clavicle is the only horizontally oriented bone in the body whose main purpose is to keep the shoulders widely separated from the sternum, reducing its length is the only method by which 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...