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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: Given that the size of the forehead occupies one third of the face it is no surprise that forehead reshaping surgery is important to some patients. One of the forehead reshaping procedures is that of augmentation, changing its shape to a more desirable and gender specific appearance. In females this typically refers to a Read More…
Background: The most common style of chin implant is one that provides purely horizontal projection. It works best in patients that need a modest amount of horizontal projection increase and no vertical elongation. While a chin implant can be shifted downward to have its lower edge that sits slightly below the inferior border of the Read More…
Reducing the width or convexity of the side of head is best done by a muscle-based procedure. Removing the entire posterior portion of the temporalis muscle provides an assured technique given the natural width of the muscle in the 7mm to 9mm range. But besides the actual bitemporal width reduction the shape of the sides Read More…
The stimulation of bone formation is very common with certain types of facial implants. Because they require subperiosteal elevation to create the pocket and the subsequent placement of the implant acts as a spacer (maintains the raised periosteum off of the bone), bone formation can occur. This always develops around the periphery of the implant Read More…
Aesthetic augmentation of the midface is historically done by standard implants such as that of the cheeks, paransasal, premaxillary and tear troughs. While these can be effective for proving volume to ‘spot’ deficiencies, their use is more limited in patients that have an overall midface deficiency. While using various combinations of these standard midface implants Read More…
The shape of the eye is affected by its numerous hard and soft tissue anatomic components. The bony orbit is one of the eye’s major influences on its shape as it provides a circumferential rim of support onto which all surrounding soft tissues are attached either directly or indirectly. While there is no standard bony Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull is affected by many factors from in utero development to after birth external molding influences. This can result in non-smooth surfaces and irregular convex skull contours. While most people have an intimate knowledge about the shape of their skull, usually by feel, when it becomes exposed as can occur Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the bridge of the nose, known as dorsal augmentation, is a common need in certain types of rhinoplasty surgeries. Low nasal bridges occur for a variety of reasons but the most common is genetic…this is just the way the nose developed. This is seen particularly in certain ethnicities such as Asian and Read More…
Changing the shape of the face is largely done by altering the bony framework that supports it. Whether it be by augmentation or reduction methods, facial reshaping surgery modifies the structural support of the face onto which the soft tissues drape over and around. There are soft tissue facial reshaping procedures as well which, beyond Read More…
Background: Waistline narrowing is most commonly done through standard body contouring methods such as liposuction and tummy tuck muscle plication techniques. But when those surgical maneuvers are unable to achieve the patient’s goals or they are not a candidate for them due to a lean body frame, then more advanced techniques such as rib removal 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...