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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...
Migraines headaches affect a significant percent of the population for which there is no one single effective treatment. One advance in the the treatment of migraines has been the discovery of peripheral compression points at sensory nerve exits of the skull and the refinement in the techniques for their surgical decompression. In the properly selected Read More…
Background: Chin augmentations are successful performed by standard implants in the vast majority of patients. This is due to the moderate nature of most chin deficiencies which are in the range of 3 to 7mms for sufficient aesthetic improvement. The concept of standard sizes of available implants is to address the range of aesthetic deformities Read More…
The tummy tuck is the most dramatic reshaping method of the lower abdomen for many women after they are finished having children. In the traditional execution of the procedure a skin and fat segment is removed between the hip points with the upper end of the incision going above the umbilicus. This results in the Read More…
Cheek augmentation for some patients today incorporates the infraorbital rim as well. This provides a more complete midface augmentation effect that extends from the inside of the eye all the way around the zygomatic arch. This creates a ‘high cheek” look and is a frequent request of the young male patient. Given that no standard Read More…
Cheekbone reduction is a common facial reshaping surgery to help narrow the wide midface. It achieves this effect by bringing inward the convexity of the zygomatic arch. Through an intraoral anterior osteotomy through the zygomatic body and an osteotomy through the posterior process of the zygomatic arch before it attaches to the temporal bone through Read More…
A positive experience is a known motivator on many levels. What it primarily does is make one want to repeat it. This is a well known customer service concept. In plastic surgery it is no different and that is what accounts for patients returning for additional aesthetic surgeries. If they had a good outcome with Read More…
Silicone breast implants have been available in two different shapes for well over a decade. Besides size (implant volume) and projection (height vs width), patients can also choose between shapes. (round vs anatomic) The name and concept of an anatomic breast implant is a very appealing one for patients, particularly those who seek a natural Read More…
Background: Patients seek augmentation of their head shape for a variety of reasons. For some it is correction of a flat or deformed head shape. For others it is to make a smaller head larger with a concomitant improvement in its shape. But regardless of the reason the limitation of the magnitude of the change Read More…
Background: The unilateral cleft lip and palate is the most common orofacial deformity. While the cleft through the lip and palate is the most obvious component to it, adjacent structures are also affected. This is very apparent in the nose with the classic depressed and widened nostril on the cleft side. The correction of the Read More…
Background: Reduction of a prominent thyroid cartilage is technically known as a chondrothyroplasty. It is better known as a tracheal shave and it gets its name because the prominence is indeed shaved down with a scalpel. This is possible because the thyroid prominence is cartilage which only gets much harder later in life. The tracheal 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...