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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: The skull is a collection of differing curved bone shapes that create an ovoid shape that is somewhat similar to that of an egg. (wider in the back than in the front) But because of its complex shape and the large number of developmental factors that come into play in its formation skull asymmetries Read More…
Background: The treatment of the protruding ear is a common and historic plastic surgery procedure. While various techniques exist to pull back the concha cartilage and /or create a more defined anti helical fold to reduce the auriculocephalic angle their effects are primarily at the middle third of the ear. In such setback otoplasties the upper third Read More…
Background: Aesthetic augmentation of the skull can now be performed in an almost limitless fashion. This has become possible due to the readily accessible 3D CT skull scanning and the use of computer designing on onlay skull implants. In some ways what had been available for facial bone augmentation has now been extended to the Read More…
The placement of standard jaw angle implants or a custom wrap around jawline implant requires elevation of the masseter muscle and some or all of its ligamentous attachments. The goal is to elevate the muscle to fit the implant underneath while not losing its periosteal attachments along the inferior border and around the angle area. Read More…
Background: The tip of the nose represents the visible part of an open rhinoplasty but also where the most reshaping changes may be needed and seen. The confluence of the lower alar cartilages, septum and the nostril openings make for a unique end of the nose shape that is unique for each person. As a Read More…
The sliding genioplasty gets its name from its origin well over a half century ago. At that time here was only one bone fixation technique to hold the bone into its new position…wire fixation. Passing wire ligatures from the buccal cortex superiorly and the lingual cortex of the mobilized chin bone segments inferiorly when twisted Read More…
Background: Overgrowths of the skull can occur in numerous areas from frontal bossing anteriorly to occipital buns posteriorly. Some have classic appearances and descriptions as in the aforementioned while others are less well known. One of these less well known overgrowths is the elevated or over projecting crown of the head. Somewhat like that of Read More…
Background: Custom midface implants create new possibilities for adding increased projection to the middle third of the face. Unlike the numerous off-the-shelf implants which are available (cheek, tear trough, premaxillary and paranasal implants), the custom midface implant provides a global enhancement effect. It is somewhat similar to a LeFort III advancement without dentoalveolar and nasal Read More…
Custom implants are a paradigm shift in aesthetic augmentations of the midface. While there are numerous off-the-shelf augmentation options such as cheek, tear trough, and pyriform aperture (premaxillary and paranasal) implants, their effects are limited or only a subtotal midface enhancement. While this is what the vast majority of patients seek there is a subset Read More…
Shoulder narrowing surgery is an aesthetic procedure in which the incision and its final appearance has significance. While in fracture repair a long incision is used across the front of the clavicle with a significant scar, such an approach scarring in shoulder narrowing would not be acceptable to most patients. (even though it makes the 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...