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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: Chin implants are the most common form of aesthetic facial augmentation and have been used ion various forms for more than a half century. Despite their frequent use by a wide variety of surgeons there remain numerous misconceptions about their placement, implant selection and the biologic response to them. This particular case study helps Read More…
Custom implants are the most effective strategy for achieving any significant skull augmentation effects. One of their most common uses is for improving the shape of the flat or asymmetric back of the head due to plagiocephaly or brachycephaly. Such custom skull implants are done in both males and females in equal proportions. While the Read More…
Of all the custom facial implants that are commonly used the infraorbital-malar (IOM) implant design is one of the most popular. It augments a skeletal unit of the face that is uniquely different from its separate parts of the cheek and infraorbital rim. As an implant that combines these two adjacent anatomic regions together it Read More…
Background: The skull has five surfaces which all connect to each other to create a wide variety of head shapes. While three of the skull surfaces are purely bone in composition (front, top and back) the side of the head is a combination of bone and muscle. The dimension that the side of the head Read More…
Background: One technique of testicular enhancement is known as a side by side displacement method. In this approach testicle implants are placed below the existing testicles in the scrotum which, by by their size, becomes the dominant structure seen…hiding or displacing the smaller natural testicles. An approach which on the surface seems unlikely to work Read More…
Background: An aesthetic concern of the upper third of the face that has a vascular basis are prominent temporal arteries. Often confused as being veins prominent temporal arteries create an irregular serpiginous pathway across the temples into the forehead. Temporal veins do exist but they are straighter and look distinctly different. They can occur in Read More…
The forehead has been described as the most significant facial feature for gender identification. As a result it is a major focus in facial feminization surgery whether it is in the trangender or cis-female patient population. There are three well known types of such procedures consisting of isolated burring reduction for mild brow bone protrusion Read More…
Custom jawline implants are the definitive method for aesthetic augmentation of the lower third of the face. While it is performed in both male and females more custom jawline implants are done in males than females in a ratio of about 8:1. But in doing such implants in females there are a variety of insights Read More…
Background: The ‘debate’ between an implant and the sliding genioplasty for chin augmentation is an historic one and is often influenced by surgical specialty and patient preference. This debate can be largely irrelevant in modest chin augmentations where their aesthetic effects are more similar. But their aesthetic benefits begin to differ when the anatomic makeup Read More…
There are a variety of dimensional changes that can be done to the bone of the chin to changer it’s shape. Historically moving the chin bone forward for horizontal augmentation and/or dropping it down for vertical elongation were the primary movements done. But the popularity of V-line surgery has introduced a new type of chin 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...