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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...
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: Brow bone reduction is most commonly known today because of transgender facial feminization surgery. While that patient population makes up the majority of brow bone reduction surgery today, it is a procedure that has also been used in cis-males as well. For the male with over developed brow bones due to excessive frontal sinus Read More…
Background: Occupying a third of the face the forehead is well known to have a gender specific shape and features. For this reason forehead procedures is one of the most common focuses of facial feminization surgery. In male to female forehead feminization the brow bone reduction procedure is most commonly associated with it and, while Read More…
The brow bone area of the forehead is a frequent target for aesthetic change. Brow bone reduction is most commonly known undoubtably due to its higher profile association with facial feminization surgery. But brow bone reduction is also done for males with extremely strong brow bone prominences as well as for asymmetric brow bones due Read More…
Brow bone reduction, as it is most commonly performed, is really frontal sinus surgery. The size of the frontal size is essentially reduced by changing the position of the front wall (anterior table) of the forehead air cavities. Usually the mucosa of the frontal sinus as well as the frontonasal duct are not manipulated. Thus Read More…
Brow bone reduction surgery can be performed by two different methods. The most commonly used technique is a bone flap. This is where the anterior table of the frontal sinus is removed, reshaped and then put back. The other technique is bone burring in which the bone thickness is reduced by shaving. Both methods have Read More…
Background: The brow bones are seen as the protrusions above the eyes that many assume are made up of solid bone. But that is only true for the outer calfs or tail of the brow bones. Half of the brow bones, the inner half on each side, is composed mainly of air because their shape Read More…
Background: While the brow bone is often perceived as a uniform raised bar of bone above the eyes, its topographic anatomy is more complex. The medial brow bone is made up of the expanded underlying frontal sinuses with a midline dip between them due to the septum which separates the paired sinus cavities. The outer Read More…
Significant brow bone reduction requires more than a burring technique. The thickness of the bone over the frontal sinus is too thin to permit more than a few millimeters of brow bone reduction. A bone flap setback technique is the definitive brow bone reduction method. By removing the entire bone cover over the frontal sinus Read More…
Brow bone reductions are an integral procedure in facial feminization surgery. Much of the focus in this surgery is in reducing the prominent central brow bones due to pneumatization of the frontal sinus cavity. Often the lateral brow bones are overlooked or forgotten and may need to be addressed secondarily. In rare cases only the 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...