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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: Breast augmentation remains the most commonly performed aesthetic implant surgery in the world by implant numbers. This is true not only because of its long standing history and familiarity but also due to the need for bilateral implants. The implant types has always been two, either a silicone gel or saline fluid fill. Each Read More…
Pectus excavatum, also known as a sunken chest, is a common congenital chest wall deformity in which the sternum and ribs are pushed inward. This creates a concave appearance to the chest. It occurs more frequently in men but can also occur in women. Because of the presence of breasts in women, or the lack Read More…
Background: Wide shoulder dysphoria is not uncommon in transfemales for which clavicle reduction osteotomies provides an effective treatment for it. The major recovery issue in such shoulder reduction surgery is the limited use of the arms in the early recovery. Keeping the arms from full abduction and extension avoids a distraction effect on the reunited Read More…
Breast augmentation is one of numerous body contouring options that transfemales may undergo on their transformation journey. While many may assume that this is a surgery that every transfemale undergoes that has not been my observation. But for those that do they have the same potential risks and complications in getting breast implants that cis-females Read More…
Transfemale (transgender male to female ) breast augmentation poses its own unique set of challenges. Unlike the female chest the congenital males chest has tighter tissues, stronger sternal attachments of the pectoralis major muscle, a wider sternal gap and a more inferolateral position of the nipple areolar complex. In addition the nipple-areolar complex is usually Read More…
While breast augmentation surgery has been performed for decades on millions of women there is not a completely shared consensus on their immediate postoperative management. Some plastic surgeons place patients on limited physical activities after surgery while other plastic surgeons do not. It is probably more common that a limited physical activity protocol is followed Read More…
Breast augmentation is a cosmetic procedure that ultimately comes down to choices of the type of implant used, pocket location and what type of incision to use. Each of these decisions plays a role in the short and long term outcome of the surgery. All of these variables have been studied in numerous publications over Read More…
Background: The request to improve a sagging breast as well as to increase its size is a common one. The success of combining a breast lift with implants is a balance between how much the breast is lifted and the size of the breast implants. These are two operations that fight against each other to Read More…
While the placement of breast implants in cis-women vs transgender women is technically the same, there are some differences in the shape of the chest between these two groups of patients. As a result there will be outcomes differences from their breast augmentation surgery. Knowing these differences helps prepare the patient for how their breasts Read More…
In transgender body feminization a variety of procedures exist of which breast enlargement is one of the most important. Hormone therapy can produce some modest amount of breast tissue which may be sufficient for some patients. But the definitive procedure is breast augmentation surgery where an implant provides an assured outcome with the best breast 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...