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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 most common forms of changing the shape of the chin is the bony genioplasty. While once used exclusively for a horizontal chin augmentations hence the term ‘sliding geniopasty’, its use today has expanded for a variety of more complex chin shape changes. Significant vertical chin lengthening and now the every popular mini Read More…
One method for a complete or total jaw implant augmentation is with the use of standard implants. Both chin and jaw angle implants have been around for decades and have a track record of successful clinical use. What has been learned from their use is that jaw angle implants have a higher risk of complications Read More…
Background: The appearance of the head can be affected by multiple types of skull bone changes. Such changes affect the various curved contours of the skull through either a lack of projection (flatness) or too much projection. (protrusion or prominence) A common flattened area of the skull is on the back of the head due Read More…
The custom jawline implant is the definitive skeletal augmentation method for the lower third of the face. With its ability to make a clear separation of the face from the neck due to its connect wrap around design its aesthetic effect is enhanced over what standard jaw implants and filler and fat injections can create. Read More…
Background: The shape of the back of the skull is particularly prone to developing undesired changes in its shape. Flattening and asymmetries are the results of in utero and postnatal deformational forces which can prevent a rounded head shape. While one form of flatness of the back of head is known as brachycephaly due to Read More…
Background: Whether it is laying in utero or after birth the back of the head is exposed to the greatest duration of external forces or pressure. As a result of this external force exposure the back of the head has several anatomic features that distinguish it from other head area. First the occipital bone is Read More…
Background: Reductive shoulder narrowing surgery has been proven to be effective by shortening the length of the clavicle bones. The surgery to do so is fairly straightforward, removing a segment of the clavicles will naturally move the attached shoulders inward. While the surgery seems like a linear concept it is not and therein lies many Read More…
Significant vertical chin lengthening is most successfully achieved by lengthening of the bone. Downfracture of the chin bone with an interpositional graft can easily provide double digits of increased vertical chin length without soft tissue constraint concerns. Calculating how much increased chin lengthen a patient needs is not an exact science although there are several Read More…
Background: There are well known gender differences in the shape of the forehead. The primary characteristics of the male forehead is a well defined brow ridge, a wider and slightly backward sloped shape, low set eyebrows and various forehead lengths based on the natural location of the frontal hairline. While some men only need non-brow Read More…
Background: There are well known gender differences in the shape of the forehead. The primary characteristics of the female forehead is the lack of a well defined brow ridge, a more vertical and rounder shape, higher positioned eyebrows and usually a shorter forehead length. As a result of these norms an excessively backward forehead slope 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...