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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...
Reduction of prominent jaw angles can be done by two different surgical techiques based on the dimensional changes needed. The most common technique in most Asian patients is a full thickness removal or bicortical removal of the jaw angle extending forward to the chin. The key to this full thickness bone cut is for it Read More…
The sliding genioplasty procedure is an effective method of horizontal and/or vertical chin augmentation changes. In doing so the natural shape of the chin bone is changed from a smooth convex side profile to a much different sharply angled step configuration. While this shape change does to affect its ability to heal, even though there Read More…
Background: The external appearance of the face is highly influenced by its bony foundation. While the overlying soft tissue also makes important contributions the overall gestalt of the face is framed by its skeletal structure. Such influences are well known by many of the basic gender differences in the male and female face and is Read More…
The use of a sliding genioplasty for chin reshaping dates back half a century and is the most recognized facial osteotomy procedure. Unlike jaw surgery which affects the tooth-bearing part of the jaw and introduces some restrictions with mouth opening, downfracturing the mandibular symphysis (chin) does not. The chin bone is the only true aesthetic Read More…
Background: Despite its anatomic makeup of multiple bones, the shape of the skull is largely smooth with a convex contour over the its bony areas and minimal convexity or flatness at the sides. From an aesthetic standpoint the head or skull shape is viewed as five distinct units; forehead, top of head, back of head Read More…
Unlike shoulder augmentation there is only one method to achieve shoulder width reduction. Shortening the length of the horizontally oriented clavicle bone allows the transverse width of the shoulders to move inward. This is done by performing a small segmental osteotomy at the inner third of the clavicle. Putting the two ends of the bone Read More…
Background: The ear, small in size that it is, has a very complex shape. Composed of numerous hills and valleys within its skin-cartilage composition, it has a convoluted topography as a result of its embryologic development. The outer ear achieves its shape through the merger of six hillocks which are derived from the first and Read More…
Unlike the body the face has limited opportunities for fat removal. It is not that there is not fat in the face, as many fuller faces can attest, but that the ability to remove it is restricted by the numerous motor nerves that course through the face. Also unlike the body the largest reservoir of Read More…
Background: The forehead is formed by the large frontal bone which occupies all skull real estate from the coronal suture down to the orbits. It is comprised of two segments, one oriented vertically (squamous segment) and one oriented horizontally. (orbital segment) It is easy to see that the brow bones on the lower end of Read More…
Background: The shape of the eye is influenced by all the tissue elements that comprise it. Its foundation is that of the bone, in particular the circumferential bony rim onto which much of the eyelids attach. It is not surprising therefore that eyelid shape, particularly that of the lower eyelid, is directly influenced by that 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...