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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: Midfacial width reduction/narrowing by cheekbone osteotomies is a well known surgical technique. While it has been popularized and is most commonly done in Asian patients, I have done it many times in other ethnicities as well. It is more about whether the cheekbone anatomy can be successfully changed to accomplish the patient’s goals of Read More…
Forehead augmentation is most reliably done using different bone-based augmentation materials. Whether it is bone cements or a custom implant design made from the patient’s 3D CT scan, they reliable create forehead shape changes with a strong push off of the bone’s surface. Despite its reliability, implant-based forehead augmentation is not for everyone due to Read More…
Background: Dorsal augmentation is done for a wide variety of structurally deficient noses. When the amount of dorsal augmentation is small, the patient’s septum or ear harvest sites will produce adequate volume. But when the augmentation requirements are significant, rib grafts are needed if an autologous approach is desired. Rib grafts have a long history Read More…
Background: The most common approach to a complete jawline augmentation would be with the use of standard chin and jaw angle implants. This can work well for many patients but requires proper implant selection and placement to be effective. While this sounds straightforward it often is not so simple. Chin and jaw angle implant styles Read More…
Paranasal augmentation has been done using various techniques for differing anatomic reasons. By history paranasal augmentation meant the placement of a bony implant for a skeletally deficient midface often done in conjunction with rhinoplasty typically in Asian patient with flatter midface profiles. Since the introduction of injectable fillers and with increasing use of fat injections, Read More…
Background: The temporal region, seen externally as the side of one’s head, extends from the side of the eye to the back of the head. The ear lies approximately in the middle of this area and is the only non-smooth topographic feature of the temporal region. It is composed primarily of the temporalis muscle which Read More…
The occipital knob, sometimes called occipital bun, is a protrusion of bone on the back of the head at the bottom of the occipital bone. It is actually a normal bony protrusion, known as the inion, but in some men becomes excessively large. Rather than staying hidden under the nuchal ridges its enlargement appears as Read More…
The most common procedure in ear reshaping is a setback otoplasty. Done since the late 1890s the treatment of the protruding ears has undergone a evolution in techniques. Initially relying on skin removal from the back of the ear only, less relapse was associated with manipulation of the ear cartilages. Folding back of the ear Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty remains as the original and still the most popular of all facial reshaping procedures. By various changes to the underlying osteocartilaginous structure, the skin redrapes over it and reveals a new nasal shape, provided good skin retraction occurs postoperatively. While changing the bone and cartilages of the lower two-thirds of the nose has Read More…
Cheekbone reduction surgery is a common procedure in Asian facial reshaping. A variety of techniques have been described to reduce prominent cheekbones which consists of anterior zygomatic osteotomies and posterior zygomatic arch osteotomies to move the width of the cheekbones inward. While effective for many patients it does not treat the complete skeletal problem which 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...