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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...
There are a variety of implant materials that can be used for both standard and custom facial implants. These include solid silicone, porous polyethylene (Medpor, Omnivore and Supor), PEEK and titanium. While surgeons may often tout one material as being superior to another this is simply not accurate. All of the mentioned implant materials can Read More…
Background: The webbed neck is a congenital deformity that can be challenging to treat due to the broad upper trapezius muscle area. While the webs are often perceived as being completely composed of excess skin, it is the broader trapezius muscle that precludes achieving a completely straight neck line from any webbed neck surgery technique. Read More…
Surgical jaw angle augmentation is most commonly associated with implants placed on the bone through an intraoral approach. These submuscular implants create their effect by extending the bony border of the ramus as well as pushing out the masseter muscle above it. It is this muscular effect that can create the need for a far Read More…
Background: The webbed neck is an easily visible deformity by its wide base into the upper trapezius muscle area. While often thought of as just being excess webs of skin there is a broader or elevated trapezius muscle component to them that for most patients precludes a complete correction or a perfectly straight vertical neck Read More…
Background: There are a variety of established aesthetic head shape deformities that have been assigned well known names. One of these is that of scaphocephaly or a boat-shaped head which is a literal translation of the name. Because a boat is long and narrow this is exactly how such a head shape appears. In the Read More…
Background: There are numerous methods of facial assessment when determining the most aesthetically pleasing facial proportions. One of the most commonly used methods is that of the facial thirds. This is a vertical assessment of the length of the face broken down into 3 sections, frontal hairline to flabella (upper), glabella to central nasal base Read More…
Background: Facial reshaping surgery most commonly involves modifications of the bones albeit augmentative or reductive. Masculinizing the face is typically augmentative in nature while facial feminization focuses mainly on reduction procedures. It is for this reason that facial masculinization almost always involves implants with a few exceptions such as the sliding genioplasty for chin augmentation Read More…
Background: The face is a set of anatomic features that structurally create a Y configuration in the middle of the face.The paired eyes/eyebrows, the vertical shaped nose that lines between them and the horizontally oriented lips or mouth that runs below the nose. Each of these 7 structures forms a facial pattern which, while quite Read More…
Background: Clavicle reduction osteotomies have proven to be a safe and effective technique for aesthetic shoulder narrowing. A section of the clavicle bone is removed on the inner half of the clavicle, due to an aesthetically favorable incision location in the supraclavicular fossa, and the distal clavicle segment is brought inward to reunite with the residual Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a conceptually straightforward procedure. Cut the bone, move it forward and fix it into the desired new position.. It sounds simple enough but there are a lot of variables in its execution that can lead to an unsatisfactory outcome. The first important step is to determine the patient’s exact aesthetic 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...