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Plastic Surgery Case Study – Calf Implant Augmentation of the Upper Inner Leg Concavity

Background: The contour of the inner leg below the knee is heavily influenced by the size and shape of the medical gastrocnemius muscle. This muscle takes it origin from the medial head of the femoral condyle and extends down the inner aspect of the lower leg to join with the soleus tendon/muscle on its way Read More…

Calf Implants and Fat Grafting in Congenital Club Foot Deformity

Underdevelopment of the calf muscles in congenital clubfoot is a common sequelae no matter how timely or well primary treatment for it is done. Such underdevelopment of the lower leg, particularly in asymmetry or unilateral involvement, can be a source of patient sensitivity and lowered self-esteem. Calf muscle hypoplasia can be treated successfully in both Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Custom Thigh Implant for Soft Tissue Atrophy

Background: The size of the thigh (upper leg) is heavily influenced by the bulk provided by its muscle mass. Between the large femur bone and the many muscles that encircle it the thigh is always bigger than its lower leg counterpart in both length and circumference. As the connector between the pelvis and the knee Read More…

OR Snapshots – Popliteal Skin Incisions for Calf Implants

There are numerous reasons patients seek calf augmentation. The desire for a more muscular calf appearance in an otherwise normal but thin calf and improvement in congenital or traumatic calf asymmetry are the most common patients that seek calf augmentation. The only assured method to achieve such calf size improvements is with the use of Read More…

Calf Implants and Avoiding Injury to the Sural Nerve

Calf implants are used for a variety of reasons from aesthetic muscular augmentation to correction of congenital lower leg deformities. (e.g., club foot) They are placed on top of the existing gastrocnemius muscles to provide an external contour change that results in an enhanced lower leg size appearance. Since there are two muscle bellies to Read More…

Long-Term Results in Calf Implants

Calf augmentation is most commonly done with implants. There are a variety of reasons patients pursue augmenting the gastrocnemius muscle from congenitally thin legs, muscle atrophy due to disease or trauma and the desire for larger calfs that exercise and effort alone can not easily achieve. While injection fat grafting is another option for larger Read More…

Subfascial Placement Technique for Calf Implants

Calf augmentation is one of the most infrequently performed of all body contouring procedures. Part of the reason for its low rate of performance is patient demand. The other reason is that most plastic surgeons are uncomfortable performing the procedure having never seen it done or been trained to do it. The widespread use of Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Calf Implants for the Upper Inner Lower Leg

Background: The shape of the lower leg is most commonly defined by the contours along its inner half. The knee, calf muscle and ankle provide a curvilinear shape that has a well known pleasing set of convexities and concavities.This undulating shape is highly influenced by the size of the medial gastrocnemius muscle well as the Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Calf Implants for Female ‘Chicken Legs’

Background: A disproportionate lower leg size compared to the body, or even to the thighs, is often given the name ‘chicken legs’ This obviously refers to the very small size of the legs that most birds have compared to their bodies. While such a leg size is of no concern to birds, it can be Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Calf Implants for Male Lower Leg Augmentation

Background: Increasing the size of the calf (gastrocnemius) muscles is very difficult. The tight and dense muscle fibers of this lower leg muscle take extreme muscle-building exercises to enlarge the overall muscle size. And unless one is willing to continue these exercises for the rest of one’s life, the size of the calf muscles will Read More…