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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 well known tummy tuck or abdominoplasty procedure is most commonly used in women who have had abdominal shape changes due to pregnancy or some moderate weight loss. But since the era of bariatric surgery, large amounts of weight loss have created skin excesses who require modified forms of tummy tuck surgery. Since the Read More…
A tummy tuck is a major abdominal operation that usually removes a large horizontal ellipse of lower abdominal skin and fat. While tremendously effective, many patients having the procedure have excess fat beyond the zone of the tummy tuck excision whose reduction would improve the overall abdominal contouring result. While liposuction of the flanks is Read More…
A tummy tuck is one of the most commonly performed aesthetic body contouring procedures performed. In many ways it is a ‘big’ operation when one looks at the size of the tissue segment removed and the amount of abdominal surface area manipulated. Despite the magnitude of the surgery, most patients heal remarkably well and Read More…
Background: Tummy tuck surgery can be an incredibly effective body contouring procedure. It achieves its effects through the removal of a large segment of loose skin and fat often combined with liposuction fat removal in areas beyond the zone of the cut out tissue segment. The benefits of tummy tucks can easily be seen Read More…
Background: Tummy tuck surgery is one of the most popular of all body contouring surgeries. While it usually results in a hip to hip scar in a traditional tummy tuck surgery, most women consider this a very acceptable trade-off for the abdominal flattening result obtained. While the abdominal scar can have its own aesthetic issues Read More…
Background: Tummy tucks are uniformly successful at reshaping the abdominal wall through the removal of excess skin and fat. While the amount of abdominal wall tightening is one criteria by which tummy tucks are judged, they are equally critiqued by the scars that are needed to create it. The fear of most tummy tuck patients Read More…
Background: Two of the most popular body contouring procedures today is one from the past and a relatively new one. Tummy tuck surgery has been around for over five decades and is highly successful at reshaping the abdominal wall often in a dramatic fashion. Conversely, buttock augmentation by fat injections (aka Brazilian Butt Lift) has Read More…
Background: A tummy tuck is one of the most common and successful body contouring procedures. Between pregnancies and weight loss, the development of loose skin and fat on the abdominal wall is inevitable for many women. This usually appears as a loose overhang on the lower abdomen that hangs like a hammock depending upon Read More…
One of the most common body contouring operations after pregnancies and significant weight loss is the abdominoplasty or tummy tuck. The known benefits of tummy tucks lie in the change they bring to the shape of the abdomen and waistline. If the abdominal tissue cut out is big enough, patients may also see improvement in Read More…
The abdominal pannus is a stomach deformity where any amount of tissue hangs over the waistline. The term, pannus, is derived from a latin word for apron so it is fitting that any overhang is referred to as such. In days before bariatric surgery, abdominal panniculectomy surgery was very common and it was almost always 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...