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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...
In shoulder narrowing surgery a segment of the clavicle is removed to pull in the width of the shoulders. While removing a segment of the clavicle bone length and putting back together is conceptually straightforward, performing it inside the limits of the small supraclavicular fossa incision adds a unique challenge to the surgery. Given that Read More…
Background: Shoulder narrowing surgery is commonly performed in transfemale and thus is often perceived as an exclusive transgender surgery. But in reality it is an aesthetic structural body contouring surgery that can be performed on anyone regardless of their gender identity. There may be slightly different motivations for undergoing the surgery, whether it is a Read More…
Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is a well known immediate postoperative risk of surgery, almost always related to the use of anesthetic agents. There are many known risk factors for it and it is hard to pin down one specific cause in many cases. In women higher PONV is reported to occur due to higher Read More…
Background: Removing a segment of the clavicle allows an obvious inward movement of the shoulders with the loss of its bone length. Because it is the collarbone such reduction osteotomies are often thought of as fractures…a well known traumatic bone injury of the clavicle. But understanding how a clavicle osteotomy is different than a fracture Read More…
Background: The appearance/size of the brow bones is a forehead feature that is usually very gender specific. Prominent brow bones is a verydistinct male trait and serves as the basis for why forehead reshaping is one of the most common facial feminization surgery procedures. Often lost in this surgery is that brow bone reductions are Read More…
The use of breast and buttock implants are well established for aesthetic body augmentations and have a high degree of clinical success. Their success rate is largely dependent on the depth of the tissue pocket in which the implant is placed and the shape of the implant. An under the muscle (thick well vascularized tissue Read More…
The wide head typically means an increased bitemporal distance which also gives it a more convex shape from the front view. While the bitemporal distance seems like a single area on the side of the head that is made of a uniformly thick temporal muscle, it is not that anatomically simple. The temporal area of Read More…
Background: Structural waist reduction is synonymous with rib removal surgery. It is the next and last step beyond traditional soft tissue body contouring procedures. Rib removal exerts its effects by the combination of bone mass removal and the loss of thoracoabdominal muscle attachments. This allows the waistline to fall inward. How much it does so Read More…
Background: While facial feminization surgery (FFS) is now a recognized niche area of plastic surgery its counterpart, facial masculinization surgery (FMS) ,is less well known. While it has long been done in a limited fashion with some standard procedures. (e.g., chin augmentation) other procedures to specifically masculinize the face are less frequently performed or are Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is an autologous form of chin augmentation that has its own distinct advantages. Its effect is based on the position of the natural bone, is stable long term and and has little risk of perioperative infection and no long term infection risks. But it is an imperfect chin augmentation procedure in that 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...