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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...
As the face ages it undergoes a set of well known changes including loose skin and deeper tissues as well as loss of fat. Some of these changes have served as the basis for the historic facelift procedure. The recent understanding of the effects on aging by structural fat loss has led to fat grafting Read More…
Background: There are a variety of vascular tumors that can affect the face. The most well known is that of a hemangioma, a benign proliferation of blood vessels which can originate in the skin and have a very visible outward appearance. It is usually not present and birth or may only appear as a small Read More…
Background: The back of the head is prone to a variety of shape deformations. Whether it is from the head position that the fetus lays in utero or how the child sleeps after birth, the early moldability of the skull bones can create less than a round appearance on the back of the head. The Read More…
The treatment of protruding ears in children is a common plastic surgery procedure. Why the ear sticks out can be due to a variety of ear cartilage deformities, most commonly of the concha and antihelical fold. As a result such different ear cartilage deformities has resulted in a variety of techniques used in setback Read More…
Background: Silicone breast implants can be inserted through various skin incisions because they are deformable. If they were not the size of the skin incision needed would have to be the same as the base diameter of the implant. In small breast implants this would be 11cm or 12 cms while larger breast implants could Read More…
Cheek implants come in a variety of standard styles and sizes. While such midface implant options have been around for decades, they are not right for every patient’s aesthetic needs for both genders. In addition contemporary trends are seeing a shift in the type of midface augmentation results that some patient’s seek. Broader cheek coverages Read More…
In the past fifteen years injectable fillers have evolved into a wide number of types of facial augmentations as well as the number of available synthetic fillers. One facial area that has become popular for treatment are undereye hollows. Known as the infraorbital region it is a collection of areas under the eye along the Read More…
The lower jaw can have a wide range of aesthetic dimensional deficiencies. The most common is the lack of horizontal projection as seen in chin shortness or in width back at the jaw angles. These jaw deficiencies can be satisfactorily treated by a variety of conventional implant augmentation methods. One of the least common deficiencies Read More…
Background: Facial fractures are common and can be repaired by a variety of bone repositioning and fixation methods. But despite good bony realignment the fullness and projection of the traumatized facial areas do not always return not normal. Between the trauma of the original injury and that of the subsequent facial fracture repair, soft tissue Read More…
The last surgical method to help with horizontal waistline reduction is rib removal. The lower free floating ribs in particular have a near vertical inclination which can serve as an obstacle for those seeking to bring their natural waistline in further. Through small oblique lateral back incisions the outer half of these ribs can be 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...