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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...
The use of standard chin and jaw angle implants has long been a proven method of creating a more complete jaw augmentation effect. By adding augmentations at the three corners of the lower jaw its shape is changed although not in entirely complete fashion. As the implants indicate it is the corners that are changed Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation must consider the three dimensions including horizontal, vertical, and width. But when bony asymmetry exist this adds another variable to consider. The choice between a standard and custom implant comes down to the aesthetic dimensional needs and whether any asymmetry exist. Unique or exaggerated dimensional needs as well as any amount of Read More…
Chin implants because of their very interior augmentation of a projecting solitary point as well as the ability to easily see the implant and the bone serve as an excellent study in the biologic response of the bone to the implant. Because of the clear visibility of the implant on the bone, particularly in lateral Read More…
The custom chin implant is the most assured form of augmentation of the lower anterior third of the face. This approach is particularly needed when a specific chin size or shape is desired. Given the unique shape requirements of a square chin shape and the lack of a really effective standard square chin implant a Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the original form of aesthetic facial augmentation. Their design has always been primarily for horizontal augmentation with variable amounts of width increases built into different implant styles. While some patients have been recognized as needing some vertical height increases as well surgeons have typically used these horizontally projecting implants in a Read More…
Chin augmentation is an aesthetic facial procedure that has been done for just about 100 years. The first reported procedure was done way back in 1928 using a cartilage graft to the chin. The use of carved ivory was also done in the early chin augmentation days. But the procedure never achieved any popularity in Read More…
Background: The chin implant is the most common form of lower facial augmentation but it has its limits. Since the soft tissue chin pad must be released to allow an implant to be placed on the bone the stretch of these overlying soft tissues poses a restriction on implant size. As a result chin implants Read More…
Background: The use of an implant is the most common form of chin augmentation. It offers a predictable method of bone augmentation based on the thickness of the implant. But the placement of an implant requires that the soft tissue chin pad be released and an implant placed as an interface between the bone and Read More…
One method for a complete or total jaw implant augmentation is with the use of standard implants. Both chin and jaw angle implants have been around for decades and have a track record of successful clinical use. What has been learned from their use is that jaw angle implants have a higher risk of complications Read More…
Significant vertical chin lengthening is most successfully achieved by lengthening of the bone. Downfracture of the chin bone with an interpositional graft can easily provide double digits of increased vertical chin length without soft tissue constraint concerns. Calculating how much increased chin lengthen a patient needs is not an exact science although there are several 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...