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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...
One of the smallest areas of facial augmentation by bony surface area is the pyriform aperture region of the midface. The lower base of the nose is divided into two zones, paranasal and premaxillary. Both areas provide support to the base of the nose but with different effects. The paranasal region builds up the base Read More…
Background: Male facial augmentation focuses on augmenting the five corners of the face, the cheek, chin and jaw angles. These are all flat to convex surface which are at the ideal locations to provide the most visible external effects. All of these areas can be augmented individually or in any number of combinations based open Read More…
Shoulder narrowing surgery is accomplished by shortening the length of each clavicle. Segments of the bone are removed and put back together using plates and screws with a shortened length. Like almost any such bone procedure, particularly in load-bearing areas like the shoulder, the reconstructed bone area needs to be protected for a period of Read More…
Jaw angle implants are a unique and most challenging of all facial implants to surgically place. What fundamentally separates them from other implants is their posterior location at the back end of the lower jaw which is not an easy area to reach from an intraoral access. Besides the limited visibility the implant must also Read More…
Background: While there are many aesthetic head shape concerns one of the common types is the width of the side of the head. Excessive temporal width or a convex head shape from the front or back view is an almost exclusive male concern due to its visibility with short or no hair. There are certain Read More…
Background: Of all the skull reduction procedures temporal reduction is the only one that involves removal of soft tissue and not bone. This is because it is the only skull area where the bone is covered by thicker soft tissues than just the five layers of the scalp. The thickness of the side of the Read More…
Background: V line surgery is popular form of jaw reduction that has its origins in Eastern countries. Because many Asian patients have larger jaw sizes and may desire a smaller/more narrow lower face the removal of some of the jaw bone is needed. Although this facial reduction technique started in Asian countries its popularity has Read More…
Background: The hip area is prone to contour indentations particularly in lean or thinner patients. While some patients may want larger hips over the flat or convex hips that they have, others want to treat a specific hip contour deformity. Located between the bony iliac crest and the prominence of the greater trochanter of the Read More…
Background: The occipital bone is one of eight cranial bones that make up the skull. It makes up the lower half of the visible back of head but what is seen is less than half of its entire size. The rest goes under the neck muscles and wraps around the vertebrae and spinal cord. Given Read More…
In large skull augmentations there is a necessity for expanding the scalp to accommodate its volume. This is done by a first stage scalp expander process using a specially designed ‘balloon’ that acts much like the pregnancy process. While the expander requires surgical placement the expansion process is done by the patient over the following 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...