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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...
For almost a quarter century silicone breast implant sizes in the U.S. had a maximum size volume of 800ccs. This served the vast majority of patients well as only a very small percentage of aesthetic breast augmentation patients ever desire a size north of 800cs. Historically any patient needing a larger size had to resort Read More…
Background: In the transfemale patient, contrary to popular perception, breast implants are not always done or on a high priority for the patient. Many such patients who are on hormonal therapy give that ample time to try to achieve their desired breast size increase. For many this is adequate well for others they never came Read More…
Alloplastic breast augmentation has always been done by two fundamental types of implants, silicone and saline. Each implant type has their advantage and disadvantages. Silicone breast implants can feel more natural and do not suffer spontaneous failure (deflation) but usually cost more and have the rare risks of adverse immunologic reactions to them. Conversely saline Read More…
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…
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…
Background: Saline-filled implants have been an available device used in breast augmentation for decades. They reached their highest use in the years between 1991 and 2006 when silicone breast implants were not available. But they still remain a useful breast augmentation device for those patients who are opposed to a silicone-filled device or those seeking 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…
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...