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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...
Repositioning of the jaws is a well known method of treating obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) with substantial forward movements. This works because the base of the tongue is pulled forward as dentoalveolar portion of the jaw moves forward and the soft palate similarly does so with the maxillary advancement. A smaller osteotomy on the lower Read More…
Background: The most successful forms of significant aesthetic skull augmentation involves the placement of a custom designed implant directly on the skull bone under all layers of the scalp. The most commonly used custom skull implant is made of solid silicone for both ease of placement through a much smaller scalp incision and lower manufacturing Read More…
Most aesthetic body contouring surgeries manipulate soft tissues for augmentative or reductive changes. Very few aesthetic procedures, unlike the face, change the bony structures to exert its effects. Such body procedures include limb lengthening, shoulder narrowing and lengthening and lower ribcage reductions for waistline/torso narrowing. But a new structural body procedure has emerged for aesthetic Read More…
Chin augmentation can be done by a variety of methods from non-surgical injectable fillers to surgical implants and bone moving surgery. For some patients an initial non-surgical method is an appealing approach due to its immediate effect with no recovery. The most common fillers used for chin augmentation are hyaluron-based and there are a wide Read More…
Background: Skin laxity is a common anatomic result of aging which affects body areas differently. The greatest amount of age-related skin excesses typically occur in joints in the extremities, most notably the elbows and knees. These extremity areas are continuously flexed and extended often well beyond 90 degrees for extended time periods over a lifetime. Read More…
Background: A tracheostomy is an urgent surgical procedure to establish a payment airway below the level of the thyroid cartilage and vocal cords. How long a tracheostomy stays is variable based on the reason it was initially inserted but eventually most are removed. When the tracheostomy is removed the resultant wound its allowed to heal Read More…
Narrowing of the wide or overly convex side of the head is done by a soft tissue reduction of the temporal muscle. While many think it requires a bone reduction technique the reality is that muscle removal is far more effective and can be done by a hidden incision behind the ear. The temporal muscle Read More…
Testicular enhancement refers specifically to the enlargement of a pair of existing testicles. This is very different than testicular replacement where a space in the scrotum has usually been pre-established (from yje most testicle) and the exact size of the implant needed is known given the presence of the opposite remaining testicle. Working with existing Read More…
Glabellar wrinkling is a well known aesthetic forehead deformity caused by the action of the procerus and corrugator muscles. Better known as the ‘11s’ it usually appears as a pair of vertical wrinkle lines between the eyebrows which can also appear as a single or even triple line. Usually it is treated quite effectively by Read More…
Background: While bone fractures is the most recognized type of facial injury, it is actually not the most common. Blunt soft tissue injuries are the most frequent occurrence over even lacerations. Such blunt trauma cause compression of the soft tissues between the externally applied force and the underlying solid bone. If the force is great 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...