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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 definitive method for aesthetic skull augmentation is a custom implant design. Not only is the method of implant design important, but also the material of which the implant is made. Unless the patient wants a long bicoronal scalp incision to place the implant, the implant material must be solid, but flexible. This is Read More…
Background: Rib removal surgery of various forms is becoming more recognized body contouring procedure. Ten years ago when I started doing the surgery it was only perceived as a myth and a dangerous undertaking. Today it is more commonly done and is performed in numerous variations from actual rib removal to rib fractures. It is Read More…
Background: The clavicle is a unique bone of the body more so than just being horizontal in orientation. It is a tubular bone that varies in shape and diameter as its moves from the sternoclavicular joint medially out to the acromioclavicular joint laterally. With lengths in the range of 13 to 16cms, cortical diameters ranging Read More…
Background: Rhinoplastyis an operation capable of making multidimensional changes to the shape of the nose. Through an individualized series of augmentative and reduction techniques the osteocartilaginous framework is altered and the final result seen when the overlying skin has fully wrapped around and adhered tightly to this new shape. Thus in planning each patient’s rhinoplasty Read More…
While facelift surgery has many variations in technique in its objective in most patients it is a neck-jowl lifting procedure. There are numerous deeper tissue manipulations (SMAS and deep plane) but a major component of the procedure is the location, or more importantly, the extent of the incisions used to perform the procedure. In the Read More…
Case Study: Jaw osteotomies are commonly performed with high degrees of success and few significant complications. They are very effective at improving lower face proportions and projection as well as occlusal interdigitation. But like all operations it is not perfect and does have some aesthetic tradeoffs. These aesthetic liabilities include bony irregularities and some dimensional Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants are typically used for correcting various skull contour deficiences and often have some appreciable soze and thicknesses. While creating a smooth contour change is a necessary part of that typical form of augmentation it is not usually the sole reason for the patient to undergo the procedure. But custom skull implants Read More…
Background: Augmentations of various areas of the skull can be successfully done for a wide variety of head shape deficiencies. Such aesthetic skull implants work because of the good vascularity of the scalp and skull bone, the ability of the scalp to stretch to accommodate the underlying bone expansion and the use of custom implant Read More…
Case Study: Plagiocephaly is one of the most recognized abnormality of the skull in adults and one of the more common seen. While it often has a more complete craniofacial effect its most significant deformation affects the back of the head. The severity of the flatness that occurs on the back of the head is Read More…
The Ogee curve is a well known and talked about aesthetic facial feature. Looking at the face in the oblique view it is an S-shaped double curve created by the outline or silhouette of the tail of the brow bone along the lateral orbital rim and down across the cheek prominence. It is usually referred 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...