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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...
Cheekbone reduction surgery is accomplished by a combination of a front and back osteotomy. (bone cut) The front osteotomy is performed intraorally and cuts through the main body of the cheekbone. The back osteotomy is performed through a skin incision and cuts through the end of the smaller zygomatic arch. The two osteotomies work in Read More…
Background: The shape of the cheek is primarily controlled by the projection of the zygomatic body and the convexity of the zygomatic arch behind it. Given the length and potential variability of these combined zygomatic bone shapes, there is ample opportunity for one cheek to be different from the other. The degree of convexity or Read More…
The frontal or temporal branch of the facial nerve courses in front of the ear on its way to the forehead. In so doing it starts deep as it exits from the stylomastoid foramen at the base of the skull and becomes more superficial on its way superiorly through the upper edge of the parotid Read More…
Facial aging is associated with a predictable set of soft tissue changes that are treated by various forms of facelift surgery. In the U.S. concomitant bone procedures with a facelift are typically augmentative with chin, cheek and temporal implants being the most common. In Asian patients who already have strong facial skeletal features of the Read More…
Cheekbone reduction has been performed with numerous variations to lessen the risks of its most common complications. This consist of either good bone healing (non-union) and soft tissue cheek sagging. By far soft tissue sag is much more likely to occur of which its origins can be multifactorial. Either the cheekbone itself is pulled down Read More…
Background: Cheekbone reduction is a common procedure in the Eastern part of the world where wider faces are more genetically common. However due to immigration, the mixing of various ethnicityies and desired Western facial shapes it is becoming more commonly done in the U.S. by a few surgeons. Cheek width reduction may be sought by Read More…
Cheekbone reduction surgery is a well known double osteotomy technique for narrowing the width of the face. It uses an anterior zygomatic body bone cut combined with a release of the back end of the zygomatic arch from the temporal bone process. This then allows the cheekbone bone segment to be moved inward making the Read More…
Cheekbone reduction surgery is indicated when excessive midfacial width desires to be reduced. It is a well known surgery that is done by cutting through the main body of the zygoma anteriorly and the thinner end of the zygomatic arch posteriorly. Plate and screw fixation is the best way to secure the inwardly repositioned posterior Read More…
Background: Midfacial width reduction/narrowing by cheekbone osteotomies is a well known surgical technique. While it has been popularized and is most commonly done in Asian patients, I have done it many times in other ethnicities as well. It is more about whether the cheekbone anatomy can be successfully changed to accomplish the patient’s goals of Read More…
Cheekbone reduction surgery is a common procedure in Asian facial reshaping. A variety of techniques have been described to reduce prominent cheekbones which consists of anterior zygomatic osteotomies and posterior zygomatic arch osteotomies to move the width of the cheekbones inward. While effective for many patients it does not treat the complete skeletal problem which 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...