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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...
The concept of bone imprinting by implants, most manifest along the chin and jawline due to its thicker muscle coverage, has been conclusively shown by high quality 3D CT scans. The interposition of an implant under tight overlying soft tissues along the jawline results in a tissue adaptive response (pressure relief)( that allows some settling Read More…
I have previously dispelled the biologic misconception that facial implants of any material composition result in bone erosion. Improved biologic understanding through observations of indwelling facial implants using 3D CT scans show that the correct interpretation is implant imprinting of the bone. This occurs by the introduction of an implant into established biologic tissue boundaries Read More…
Rib removal surgery for the purposes of aesthetic waistline reduction is a frequently misunderstood procedure. The name conjures up images of what is done in the surgery or how the surgery is done which leads to false perceptions about it. One of the best ways to understand the procedure better is to go through the Read More…
Augmentation of the upper third of the face has been less commonly done than the lower two-thirds of the face. Besides it being less frequently requested there is historically no standard implants to do so. The lack of available standard implants is a testament to the low frequency of demand for this area of facial Read More…
Background: The temporal bone is the major skull bone on the side of the head whose main functions are to protect the temporal lobe of the brain and encase the bony ear canal. It has two components, a deeper concave fossa by the side of the eye where most of the temporal muscle resides and Read More…
One of the primary procedures in facial feminization surgery is reductive reshaping of the forehead. While there are numerous techniques in feminizing the forehead the most consistently performed procedure is brow bone reduction. And the most effective form of brow bone reduction is the bone flap setback method. This is where the anterior table of Read More…
Background: Skull implant augmentation is a very successful strategy for flat or underdeveloped head shapes. In their most common use there is a single skull surface that is flat or non-rounded and a skull implant is designed to treat it. Such skull implants are placed in a single surgery as their aesthetic needs usually falls Read More…
Background: The temples are an aesthetically important region that is separate from the forehead above it and the cheeks below it. While the temporal region anatomically extends from the side of the forehead all the way to the back of the head, the most aesthetically recognized temporal region is anterior by the side of the Read More…
Background: The custom made infraorbital-malar (IOM) implant is the next step in midface augmentation when standard implants are inadequate. With custom designs any surface of the cheeks and surrounding bony areas can be augmented as aesthetically needed. But just because the implants may be custom made is not a guarantee that it will have the Read More…
The setback otoplasty is the most common aesthetic ear reshaping surgery. Its popularity is not only because it is effective but also due to the procedure being scarless. The ear cartilage is more favorably shaped entirely from incisions behind the ear. Other ear reshaping surgeries do exist, albeit much less commonly performed, but require a 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...