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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...
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…
Background: Much is written on the topic of primary breast augmentation including the management of preoperative breast sagging. This is classically treated with an implant with some form of breast lift. Little is written, however, on a very common phenomenon seen many years after a primary breast augmentation…the development of breast sagging that develops in Read More…
In all plastic surgery that involves the use of implants which are the workhorse of the operation, infection prevention is paramount. A common and prime example of this is breast implants. Placement of a breast implant is what makes breast augmentation work and is primarily responsible for the final aesthetic outcome. As as result patients Read More…
Background:Â Breast implants are most commonly placed in the submuscular pocket, more technically known as the dual plane or partial submuscular pocket. There are several different incisions in which to access and create this pocket including the inframammary, areolar and transaxillary incisions. Each incisions has its advantages and disadvantages as well as surgeon advocates. With Read More…
Background: Much of a preoperative breast augmentation discussion focuses on implant size. To determine what implant volume would create the desired increase in breast size, a variety of methods have been advocated from the rice test, volumetric sizers and 3D imaging. All have their merits and to those who use each one they are staunch Read More…
Background: Size dominates much of the preoperative discussion in breast implant surgery and what volume of implant may achieve it. But right behind size are concerns and desires for postoperative breast shape. The shape of the breast is defined by fullness of the upper and lower poles and the position of the nipple-areolar complex on 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...