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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 all facial features the forehead has distinct gender characteristics. The defining topographic features of the male forehead are the distinct inferior brow bones and the slope and width of the forehead. The brow bones can be more precisely identified because of their protrusion and projection above the eyes. Without question the presence of Read More…
Temporal implants offer a permanent method for volume augmentation for a hollowed contour by the side of the eye. Such implants are often sought after either acceptable results from injectable fillers but a permanent result is desired or due to unsatisfactory results from fat injections. The success of temporal implants is based on their subfascial Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetries are very common and it is actually rare that anyone’s face is perfectly symmetric. Most of these facial asymmetries are located in the soft tissues and would be considered minor differences in the external soft tissue landmarks. But some asymmetries are more bone-based and thus affect larger external surface areas as the Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is a well known chin augmentation procedure that cuts and relocates the symphyseal bone. No matter how it is cut or what position to which it is moved it requires a bone fixation method to hold it there to heal. While multiple bone fixation methods for the chin exist the most versatile Read More…
Background: The effect of any chin implant is a function of its shape, size and position on the bone. Either one can be a cause of ‘macrogenia’, the perception that the projection of the chin is excessive. The most frequent treatment for an implant-induced macrogenia is to simply replace it which is what is almost Read More…
Masseteric muscle dehiscence is a well known adverse aesthetic risk of jaw angle or jawline implants. While it has no adverse functional effects on lower jaw opening or closure, it creates a contour defect over the jaw angle area. It can occur in variable amounts from a small amount of jaw angle skeletonization to a Read More…
Background: The patella or knee cap is flat triangular-shaped bone which protects the knee joint from the front. It is a large sesamoid bone whose upper half has a coarse surface shape which serves as the attachment of the quadriceps femoris tendon. It is prone to having exostoses or bony bumps. The inferior or apex Read More…
Background: The temporal artery is a branch of the external carotid artery that has it ascends toward the head does so in front of the ear. One above the ear it splits into an anterior and posterior branch. The anterior branch leaves the temporal hairline to cross into the visible forehead before continuing up into Read More…
Shoulder width reduction is effectively done by shortening the length of the clavicle. As the only horizontally oriented bone in the body its length largely establishes the distance between the sternum and the shoulder. By removing 2 to 3cm segment of the inner third of the clavicle the shoulder moves inward as the bone is Read More…
Background: Chin implants come in different styles and sizes. But almost all of these styles are intended for pure horizontal augmentation with the exception of one…the vertical lengthening chin implant. This uniquely designed chin implant provides a vertical as well as a horizontal chin augmentation effect. Essentially it creates a 45 degree vector of chin 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...