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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...
Shoulder width reduction is successfully done by shortening of the clavicle bones. In so doing it is necessary to rigidly fix the clavicles back together so they can proceed to uncomplicated healing. As a weight bearing bone that supports the shoulder and keeps it from collapsing towards the sternum it is exposed to significant displacing Read More…
In correction of the congenital webbed neck deformity, a posterior approach is used. Skin is excised and tightened in the midline which helps pull the neck webs more inward. But the neck webs also contain trapezius muscle fibers which are helpful to release to get a better result as well as to help prevent relapse. Read More…
Background: The ear has a complex shape due to its numerous cartilage convexities and concavities. Despite these topographic complexities the ear is best appreciated when it doesn’t stand out along the side of the head. (a normal auriculocephalic angle) But one other dimension, height, can also make the ear more noticeable than desired. The typical Read More…
Background: Lip reconstruction from congenital deformities (cleft lip), trauma and cancer resections uses a variety of long standing plastic surgery techniques. When the upper lip tissues are grossly deficient or highly scarred, an historic and valuable reconstruction method is that of the cross-lip flap. (Abbe flap) By transferring unscarred normal vermilion and skin from the Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull deformities can involve any of the skull surfaces but almost always involves at least two of them. In larger types of skull augmentations the typical skull surface involvements is usually three or four of the available surfaces. In these larger multi surface skull augmentations the consideration of the scalp’s ability to stretch Read More…
Background: Aesthetic deformities of facial arteries are uncommon of which the prominent anterior branch of the temporal artery is the most recognized of them. This is where the pathway of the artery is seen from the temples into the forehead with it appearing like the branches of a tree. It is the visibility of the Read More…
Like the body the face has numerous fat collections/compartments that lie either right under the skin or within or around deeper structures. Unlike the body, however, the fat locations in the face are more limited and less easily accessed for removal. The most well known facial fat collection is the buccal fat pad which can Read More…
Background: The occipital knob is a common skull reshaping procedure that is exclusively requested by men in my experience. What brings it to the patient’s attention is their hairstyle, with either a very short or shaved head in which all topographic highlights of the skull becomes visible. The central bony projection that appears in the Read More…
Background: Unlike chin augmentation chin reduction surgery is different in many ways. First reducing the chin is done far less frequently than making it bigger. Second, it is almost exclusively a gender specific procedure (female) whether that is in the cis-female or the transgender male to female patient. Lastly, the component that is mainly excessive Read More…
Background: A custom jawline implant is designed with seven (7) specific dimensional components. Three of those dimensions relate to the more forward projecting part of the implant at the chin. While the chin constitutes less than 30% of the implant’s total surface area coverage it is the most valuable part of the implant due to 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...