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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: While the back of the head as an aesthetic unit is a single skull surface the bones that make it upon are not. The back of the head is comprised of the paired upper parietal bones and inferiorly by the single occipital bone. They are merged together by the inverted Y suture lines. As Read More…
Background: Custom facial implant designs offer a wide variety of potential facial augmentation changes. On the patient’s 3D CT scan virtually any implant design can be done. But the one important consideration that is not evident in a custom implant design is can it be surgically placed. Because of the overlying soft tissues and incisional Read More…
Background: The temporal artery is a well-known blood vessel located on the anterior side of the head. It is a branch of the external carotid artery that, when it reaches the temporal hair, splits or bifurcates into two separate smaller arteries. This anterior branch of the temporal artery, also called the superficial temporal artery (STA), Read More…
Background: Calf implants are largely done for aesthetic augmentation of small sized lower legs regardless of gender. In less commonly performed cases the motivation for calf implants is reconstructive in nature. One such congenital reason is clubfoot, one of the most common birth defects. It is seen clinically as a foot or feet that are Read More…
Background: Brow bone augmentation is requested for various aesthetic objectives. Besides the obvious reason to augment the lower forehead due to flatter and non-descript brow bones it may also be part of an overall periorbital or eye look. In men this is most commonly known as the Hunter eyes. This refers to a specific eye Read More…
Background: Buttock implants are placed through a mid-gluteal crease incision and into either an intramuscular, submuscular or subcutaneous tissue pocket. By virtue of its placement location and the incision needed to perform it implants augment the upper 2/3 s of the buttocks in most cases. Contrary to popular perception they do not create an overall Read More…
Background: For testicular enhancements to be effective by a side by side technique using a custom implant its size must be a certain percent bigger than the natural testicles. As a general rule that percent increase is in the 2/3s to 75% larger. For example if the natural testicles are 3.5cm then an implant size Read More…
Background: Of the five surfaces of the skull the sides of the head make up two of them and are the only surfaces covered by muscle. They are also the only skull surfaces whose profile (shape) can only seen from the front and back views of the head. As a result abnormal shapes to the Read More…
Background: The definitive method for aesthetic skull augmentation is a custom implant design. Not only is the method of implant design important, but also the material of which the implant is made. Unless the patient wants a long bicoronal scalp incision to place the implant, the implant material must be solid, but flexible. This is Read More…
Background: Rib removal surgery of various forms is becoming more recognized body contouring procedure. Ten years ago when I started doing the surgery it was only perceived as a myth and a dangerous undertaking. Today it is more commonly done and is performed in numerous variations from actual rib removal to rib fractures. It is 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...