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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: The projection of the central midface, excluding that of the nose, is controlled by the development of the maxillary bone around the large nasal cavity. This is known as the bony pyriform rim not which the external nose, particularly that of the nostrils laterally and the columella centrally sit. It is divided into a Read More…
The only effective technique for narrowing the cheeks are reduction osteotomies. By moving in the anterior cheekbone proper combined with relocation of the tail of the zygomatic arch at its temporal attachment allows the width of the cheekbones to be reduced reduced. While highly effective a well known sequelae of this surgery is some degree Read More…
Access to the jaw angles, whether for aesthetic implant placement or to perform sagittal split osteotomies, uses an incision overlying the external oblique line on the bone. While often viewed as having no significant structures between the mucosa and this bony ridge line this is not entirely accurate. The buccal neurovascular bundle runs in proximity Read More…
The buccal lipectomy procedure, once viewed as an unadvised facial defatting procedure, has now become a popular facial reshaping surgery. Of all the areas of facial fat locations the buccal fat pad is unique amongst them. Unlike subcutaneous fat its function is to fill the deep tissue spaces between the masticatory and mimetic facial muscles, Read More…
Background: While all standard chin implants are designed to provide varying amounts of horizontal projection they have a round shape to them. The one exception is the chin implant whose name describes what it intended to do…the square style chin implant. It is fair to say that this is primarily used in men who request Read More…
Cheek implants are a common type of aesthetic structural facial augmentation surgery that is only secondary in number performed to chin implants. They are usually placed through an intraoral approach crossing the concave surface of the maxilla in the subperiosteal plane to place the implant at various positions on the malar/submalar area. Far less frequently Read More…
Background: The temporal artery is best known in plastic surgery for its contribution in reconstruction as the vascular supply for local tissue flaps. The goal in these procedures is preservation of the blood flow to the artery to keep the transferred tissues alive. Conversely the strong blood flow in the temporal artery can have an Read More…
Background: The most common jaw augmentation procedures, both historically and today, is the placement of a chin implant. While the primary objective is an increase in horizontal projection in most cases secondary objectives may be changes in vertical height and shape of the chin. One such secondary objective that is unique in men is the desire Read More…
Cartilage grafting in rhinoplasty is a commonly used technique for structural support and airway improvement. In many cases the adjoining septum provides a convenient and structurally straight source for the donor cartilage. When septal cartilage is insufficient or unavailable many surgeons choose the ear as the donor site. Besides being a limited source of cartilage Read More…
Background: Testicular enhancement is an aesthetic approach to increasing the appearance of the size of the testicles. Conceptually this could mean actually increasing the size of the testicles directly by placing implants around them or placing an implant that assumes the appearance of new larger testicles. Historically the direct implant approach to testicular enlargement has 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...