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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: One of the common lower facial reshaping procedures done today is that of V line surgery. Originating in the Eastern part of the world where larger and more square shaped lower jaws exist, it is now performed in the Western world as well. It has a prominent role in transfemale surgery to feminize the Read More…
Background: Improvement of scars is a common request for which a variety of techniques exist to do so. Surgical treatment is indicated when the scars are hypertrophic (raised and wide) or have a depressed contour to them. Laser and various injection therapies have a role when scars are generally flat and improvement is needed in Read More…
Background: The length of the head is the distance from the frontal bone of the forehead to the occipital bone on the back of the head. When increased anteroposterior head lengths occur there is always an increased occipital length component. With that occipital protrusion comes a change in the shape of the back of the Read More…
Background: The chin is seen as a relatively ‘simple’ anatomic structure with few risks of any neurovascular or dental complications from surgical implant or osteotomy manipulations. And while this is true from any major medical complications this is not accurate when it comes to aesthetic complications. The relationship of the enveloping soft tissue over the Read More…
Background: The clavicle is the well observed bone that sits horizontally between the shoulder and the sternum. But despite its seemingly simple assignment the anatomy of its shape is far more complex than most would think given what it exists to do. It has the most obvious function of attaching the upper arm to the Read More…
The definitive aesthetic jaw augmentation procedure is the custom jawline implant. It provides a complete three dimensional change to the lower face in a predetermined planned manner. But as part of the preoperative planning process a complete assessment of the lower jaw bone can be seen in the 3D CT scans needed for the custom Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is a well known autologous method of chin augmentation. Just like a chin implant the dimensions of the desired chin augmentation effect need to be determined before the surgery not during the surgery. Surgery is an artificial environment in which really seeing the effect of a chin augmentation change can not accurately Read More…
Background: The large temporal muscle occupies the entire side of the head even though its function is to contribute to movement of the lower jaw. Like the masseter muscle its masticatory activity can be a source of painful symptoms. Hyperactivity, nerve compression and vascular occlusion can be a source of such pain although the exact Read More…
The length of the upper lip is an important and very changeable element of perioral aesthetics. Whether it is due to aging or naturally long upper lip it can be shortened by a variety of surgical excisional techniques of which the subnasal lip lift is the most well known and performed. While once regarded as Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull augmentation have been done by two types of implantable materials, bone cements vs performed custom implants. These two skull augmentation materials have very different handling properties which not only affects their intraoperative placement but leads to major differences in what either one can aesthetically achieve. Failure to understand these differences leads many 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...