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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: Plagiocephaly is the most recognizable type of skull deformity. It is usually associated with infants and children because this is when non-surgical and surgical treatments would be most effective to partially or totally reverse the abnormal skull shape. But many more patients affected by plagiocephaly never receive treatment or fail to get substantial improvement Read More…
Background: The jaw angle region of the lower jaw has a thick muscular coverage as the insertion of the masseter muscle is along the inferolateral bony border. In a classic example of ‘form follows function’ the shape of the jaw angle bone is a direct reflection of the muscular pull on it. When any type Read More…
Background: The occipital bone is associated with the back of the head and is generally believed that is the primary bone of it. In reality it makes up only a portion of the back of the head and is only located at the visible lower portion. When one realizes that the majority of the occipital Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull augmentations by the placement of an onlay material has a relatively short clinical history. The original skull augmentation material was PMMA bone cement which was borrowed from its much more common use in orthopedic surgery. As it name implies it is used as a cement by which joint replacements are secured into Read More…
Reduction in shoulder width (shoulder narrowing surgery) has recently evolved into a safe and effective technique by removing a segment of the clavicle bone. By reducing each clavicle in length by 2 to 3cm the external shoulder size (bideltoid width) is equally narrowed. The two cut blunt ends of the clavicle, when put back together Read More…
Background: Otoplasty is the most common aesthetic ear surgery performed around the world. (not counting earlobe repair) While there are innumerable techniques by which it is performed the fundamental concept shared by all of them is a reshaping of the antihelical-helical rim cartilage shape. Sutures are the method by which the cartilage shape is maintained Read More…
There are many features to the eyes which create either a positive (youthful) or negative (aging) appearance. Some are present naturally while others develop from the effects of time and movement. While the upper eyelid has the important topographic features of a well defined lid crease and supra tarsal fold, the lower eyelid has less Read More…
Background: The most common dimensional need for many chin augmentations is in the horizontal direction. But the most overlooked dimensional need in chin augmentation is vertical. For some patients the horizontal increase is enough to produce the slight vertical increase that is needed with the forward roll of the soft tissue chin pad. But for Read More…
Background: Chin implants come in a wide variety of styles, sizes and materials. Much is made of the implant material by some surgeons and patients based on the perception that the materials create significantly different biologic behaviors. And while there are some tissue adhesion differences between the materials, the biologic response of any material is Read More…
Excessively wide cheekbones are a not uncommon facial feature that, although often mainly associated with Asian faces, can occur in all ethnicities. The concept of how wide cheekbones have to be to be considered excessive is an individual one. But anatomically they almost all share a significant or undesired convexity to the anterior portion of 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...