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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...
Surgical treatment of the downturned corner of the mouth has historically been associated with two common themes. First it is a procedure by history that has been largely done in age-related drooping mouth corners. (older patients) Two, it is a laterally-based procedure that lives visible scars with a high rate of adverse scarring. Both trends Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is one of the most well known chin reshaping procedures. Separating the chin bone by a bone cut done from inside the mouth allows the bone to be moved in a variety of different positions for various chin shape changes. The new position of the chin bone is fixed into position by Read More…
Augmentation of the midface consists of several distinct zones based on anatomic location and their shape. (convexity vs concavity) The most common midface augmentation area is a lateral one, the cheeks, which is mainly about increasing the convexity of the natural bone shape. A less common but equally important one is a central midface zone, Read More…
Background: The back of the head is frequently called the occiput or occipital region of the skull. While there is anatomic truth in that statement, it is a bit overstated. The occipital bone actually only makes up the lower central area of the back of the head with its superior borders being the inverted v-pattern Read More…
The lower eyelid is composed of three tissue layers known as the lamella. There is an outer layer (skin), middle layer (muscle and fascia) and inner lamellar layer. (mucosa) Changes occur from youth to older age in all eyelid layers of which the most noticeable is the skin. In youth the lower eyelid skin is Read More…
The most common lower leg aesthetic augmentation method is that of calf implants. They are used for those patients who want larger calfs due to natural lower leg disproportion (‘chicken legs’), muscle atrophy due to injury (e,g. achilles tendon rupture) or congenital underdevelopment. (clubfoot) Calf implants have been around for decades in the U.S and Read More…
The open rhinoplasty dominates the approach used in surgical nose reshaping today. While there is certainly a role for the closed approach in some patients the visibility of performing certain technical maneuvers in some primary and most secondary patients is unrivaled. Ever since its introduction in the 1990s the open approach has always had the Read More…
Background: The dominant feature of the back of the head that is rarely seen is that of the inion. This small protrusion of bone emanates from the underside of the mid-occipital bone and exists as a source of musculoligamentous attachments. It exists in both men and women and is of variable sizes. When it becomes Read More…
Abdominoplasty or tummy tuck surgery is one of the most common and successful of all excisional body contouring procedures. While it is an operation that is not to be underestimated in magnitude, particularly from a recovery standpoint, its effects can be dramatic. When removing a large segment of lower abdominal skin and fat there is Read More…
Background: The ear is composed of a complex cartilage shape that accounts for much of its external appearance. The simplest shape of the cartilage, the auriculocephalic angle, happens to be the one that is the most requested ear shape change and the most commonly performed aesthetic surgery. (setback otoplasty) The auriculocephalic angle is defined by 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...