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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...
Chin augmentation can be done by a variety of methods from non-surgical injectable fillers to surgical implants and bone moving surgery. For some patients an initial non-surgical method is an appealing approach due to its immediate effect with no recovery. The most common fillers used for chin augmentation are hyaluron-based and there are a wide Read More…
Background: Skin laxity is a common anatomic result of aging which affects body areas differently. The greatest amount of age-related skin excesses typically occur in joints in the extremities, most notably the elbows and knees. These extremity areas are continuously flexed and extended often well beyond 90 degrees for extended time periods over a lifetime. Read More…
Background: A tracheostomy is an urgent surgical procedure to establish a payment airway below the level of the thyroid cartilage and vocal cords. How long a tracheostomy stays is variable based on the reason it was initially inserted but eventually most are removed. When the tracheostomy is removed the resultant wound its allowed to heal Read More…
Narrowing of the wide or overly convex side of the head is done by a soft tissue reduction of the temporal muscle. While many think it requires a bone reduction technique the reality is that muscle removal is far more effective and can be done by a hidden incision behind the ear. The temporal muscle Read More…
Testicular enhancement refers specifically to the enlargement of a pair of existing testicles. This is very different than testicular replacement where a space in the scrotum has usually been pre-established (from yje most testicle) and the exact size of the implant needed is known given the presence of the opposite remaining testicle. Working with existing Read More…
Glabellar wrinkling is a well known aesthetic forehead deformity caused by the action of the procerus and corrugator muscles. Better known as the ‘11s’ it usually appears as a pair of vertical wrinkle lines between the eyebrows which can also appear as a single or even triple line. Usually it is treated quite effectively by Read More…
Background: While bone fractures is the most recognized type of facial injury, it is actually not the most common. Blunt soft tissue injuries are the most frequent occurrence over even lacerations. Such blunt trauma cause compression of the soft tissues between the externally applied force and the underlying solid bone. If the force is great Read More…
Augmentation of the jaw angles can be done by both injections and implants, each with their distinct advantages and disadvantages. Unlike implants injections can be done by materials with different biologic properties. Synthetic fillers provide facial volume effects but usually are not permanent. Fat has the potential to be permanent by tissue integration but that Read More…
For a shoulder narrowing effect shortening of the length of the clavicle is needed. This is done by removing a segment of the clavicle bone which, when put back together, pulls the shoulder inward. Because the bone is cut and plates and screws applied to enable the bone to heal across the cut line, it Read More…
Background: Augmentation of an undesired head shape is an aesthetic implant procedure done today that can be as successfully performed as any other face or body procedure. Because it is performed infrequently and by so few surgeons familiarity with the procedure is fraught with numerous misconceptions.These include a failure to understand why anyone would care 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...