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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...
Otoplasty or ear reshaping surgery has been done for over a century. The most reason it is performed in children or in adults is for ears that stick out. (protruding ears) The operation primarily consists of reshaping the ear cartilages by the placement of sutures on the backside of the ear. Such an operation is Read More…
V-line jaw reduction is a lower facial contouring procedure that is popular in Asian patients, although not limited exclusively to them. By the intraoral method through which most of these surgeries are done, it is challenging to get good symmetry and the desired amount of reduction of the entire jawline on both sides. As a Read More…
Background: The skull has a complex shape and can have potentially a wide range of shape deformities. One of the most common is that of plagiocephaly….or a twisted skull. This is most manifest in the back of the head with one side flatter than the other. This may or may not be associated with bulging Read More…
Migraines headaches have various causes of which the exact origin for many patients is not precisely clear. This explains the lack of successful resolution for a large large number of people affected by this type of head pain. But there is one small group of migraine patients that do enjoy the benefits of improvement through Read More…
Background: Facial aging is associated with a wide range of undesired effects at all facial levels. Besides the eye area the most common area of facial aging concerns to most patients is the neck and the jawline. As the facial tissues fall and start to ‘slide off of the face’ they drape over the jawline. Read More…
A very common location for custom skull implants is on the back of the head.(occiput) The occipital skull is prone to a variety of shape deformations that can occur from in utero to postnatal effects. Flattening of one side or both sides on the back of the head is not uncommon and becomes most apparent Read More…
Background: Every bone on the face is capable of being underdeveloped and presents different aesthetic issues based on the area affected. The eye area is no different. One of the common periorbital skeletal deficiencies is that of the lower eyelid bone or infraorbital rim. Infraorbital rim recession may occur in isolation ut more commonly extends Read More…
Background: The back of the skull, known as the occiput, often differs in shape from the other skull bony surfaces. Due to the attachments of the thick neck muscles, the inferior surface of the occiput can have bony ‘irregularities’. Such raised bony areas are a result of the ‘form follows function’ anatomic principle where the Read More…
Custom skull implants are done for a very wide array of skull shape issues. They can be very large, almost covering the entire skull, to being quite small and discrete in surface area coverage. But regardless of their size, they all require a scalp incision to place them. The scalp incision may, on the surface, Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the oldest form of bone-based augmentation and still the most common facial implant done. While effectively providing increased chin projection it is really an isolated jaw augmentation that only changes less than 1/3 of the entire jawline outer surface area. For this reason there is growing interest in a more complete 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...