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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: The most successful approach to skull augmentations is with a custom made implant from a 3D CT scan. It is critically important to cover a large surface area of the skull in a smooth and confluent manner to the bone which can only be done with a preoperatively done design based on the patient’s Read More…
Pectus excavatum is one of the most recognized of all congenital chest wall deformities. It involves an abnormality of the union and shape of the osteocartilaginous sternum and ribs. It has diverse manifestations that are never the same in any two patients. Due to the emergence of both early and late surgical interventions for its Read More…
Background: Lip augmentation has been a facial aesthetic procedure that has been done by non-surgical and surgical methods for many decades. While it is done mainly today by injectable fillers or fat injections, a permanent implant approach has also been done both historically as well as today. Over this time period different materials have been Read More…
Despite great improvements made in the aging face and neck, the hands of the older female are often a giveaway for her age. The dorsal surface the hand undergoes a variety of aging changes at both the skin and deeper levels including fine wrinkling, loose skin, brown spots, and visible veins and extensor tendons. Hand Read More…
Hollows under the eyes occur for a variety of aging and development reasons. As one ages tissues thin and fat atrophies and the once fuller lower eyelid region can become more sunken. In other patients the support under the lower eyelid, the infraorbital bone, lacks good development and a natural hollowing has always existed. Aging Read More…
Custom jawline implants offer the most effective method to reshape/augment the lower face. Covering the entire lower jaw from jaw angle to jaw angle they provide the largest single implant that can be done below the forehead. Its connectivity is one of its benefits in jawline augmentation. But the size and length of a custom Read More…
Buttock augmentation by injectable fat grafting, also known as the Brazilian butt Lift, is one of the most sought after body contouring procedures in the United States and in many other countries as well. It rivals in number of procedures performed that of more traditional body plastic surgery procedures such as breast augmentation and tummy Read More…
Fractures of the facial bones has occurred since the beginning of time. While the mechanisms of the injury are highly variable and the force needed to break the bone(s) is usually significant, the pattern of the facial bone injury often occurs along predictable and well known fracture lines. Such is the case with many midface Read More…
One of the most unusual scalp conditions is that of cutis verticis gyrata. (CVG) In this scalp condition, which is associated with an overall thickening of the scalp, linear indentations develop in a sagittal direction across the top of the scalp. Depending on the extent of the involvement a few scalp creases develop to as Read More…
Brow bone reduction alters the amount of forward projection of the lower third of the forehead. When it is a craniofacial bone reduction procedure it is unique because of the underlying frontal sinus. This is true for at least the inner half of the brow bones whose shape is controlled by the size of the 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...