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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...
The intergluteal incision is the most commonly used approach for the placement of buttock implants. As long as the incision does not extend up higher than the most vertical level of the buttock cleft it remains well hidden. While the intergluteal incision is not vertically excessive (usually no longer than 7 cms) it is in Read More…
Background: The shape of the lower jaw is influenced by a variety of genetic bone growth and postnatal musculoligamentous attachments. This is most evident in the high jaw angle patient who, by definition, has a steep mandibular plane angle. What is often noted in their 3D CT scans is the bony exostoses that exist along Read More…
Injection fat grafting is used all over the face to treat a wide variety of soft tissue, and sometimes hard tissue, contour deformities. Its advantages are that it is an autologous material that can be applied without open surgery through small bore cannulas. Its disadvantages are that the injected fat survival is not assured and, Read More…
Background: Cheekbone reduction is a common procedure in the Eastern part of the world where wider faces are more genetically common. However due to immigration, the mixing of various ethnicityies and desired Western facial shapes it is becoming more commonly done in the U.S. by a few surgeons. Cheek width reduction may be sought by Read More…
Background: The eyeballs or globes are encased with a near circumferential rim of bone for protection. This orbital rim protection stops short of the nose whose central structure provides medial eye protection for both eyes. As a result the eyes, and its most anterior cornea, are typically behind a vertical line laid across the superior Read More…
Background: Calf implants have been around for over forty years in various forms and shapes. The calf implants we know today are composed of a soft solid silicone material which is designed and manufactured with high quality medical grade technology. Such contemporary silicone materials are not known to undergo significant degradation and/or release degradation byproducts. Read More…
Background: The overgrown or prominent brow bone in a male is most commonly treated by a brow bone reduction procedure, usually a setback bone flap technique. While this is a very effective operation, it almost always requires a superior or scalp incisional approach. For many men, particularly older men, this may not be a viable Read More…
Asymmetry of the face and skull is often stated to be the ‘norm’. In fact, many plastic surgeons say that not only is facial asymmetry common it also adds character and uniqueness to those who have it. When face or skull asymmetry exists it commonly occur together as the crania facial skeleton develops in an Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is commonly performed chin reshaping surgery. While often perceived as a horizontal advancement procedure (and the autologous option for chin augmentation), it is far more dimensionally versatile. It can also provide vertical elongation or shortening as well as width reduction, all dimensional changes that an implant can not do. But despite the Read More…
Scleroderma is a collection of autoimmune connective tissue diseases that are characterized by chronic inflammation and tissue atrophy. In general terms, there is localized scleroderma and systemic sclerosis whose main difference is as their names suggest. The exact mechanism as to why it occurs is not known although much of the cellular responses that leads 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...