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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...
Background: Chin implants in females are commonly performed but must take into consideration how their aesthetic objectives differ from men. Chin augmentation is often made too dimensionally simplistic by just looking at the patient’s profile and making all decisions based on how much projection is being created. The change that occurs in the frontal view Read More…
Chin implant augmentation is done in both men and women but the aesthetic goals are often different. While the amount of horizontal chin projection differs amongst each patient, the shape of the augmented chin from the front view can be very gender specific. While women may prefer a more narrow or even v-shaped chin appearance, Read More…
Chin augmentation, whether by an implant or a sliding genioplasty, is one of the most commonly performed facial reshaping procedures. While it has many benefits it has one potential aesthetic liability…deepening of the labiomental fold. It is not a question of whether this will occur after chin augmentation but whether it will be significant or Read More…
Background: Chin implants are typically perceived as a ‘simple’ procedure that is easy to do with a high rate of success. The reality of chin augmentation is, however, far different. While the implant is responsible for creating the effect the preoperative implant style and size selection as well as its surgical placement determines its success. Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a well known autologous chin augmentation procedure. Determining how much to move the mobilized chin bone forward requires some preoperative planning using computer imaging and linear facial measurements. But despite these preoperative planning efforts it is not an exact science. No one can precisely predict how the patient will interpret Read More…
Background: There are a variety of medical complications that can occur of any facial implant, including chin implants, of which the most feared is infection. When infection occurs around a chin implant, its salvage by any variety of maneuvers is frequently unsuccessful. Removal of the infected implant is always the definitive treatment. Re-implantation at a Read More…
Background: Genioplasty is a generic term that refers to any manipulation of the chin. It does not specify exactly what that manipulation is but has become most synonymous today with the bone-based chin surgery known as a sliding genioplasty. While this is an operation that most frequently creates a horizontal chin augmentation effect it is Read More…
There are many misconceptions of the body’s biologic response to the placement of the commonly performed chin implant. The chin bone, while not entirely different from the rest of the facial bones at the osseous level, is unique in being a singular bony prominence that creates the leading edge of the lower third of the Read More…
Background: When a chin implant fails to provide satisfactory horizontal projection, the initial question is always why. Most of the time the surgeon has inadequately estimated the patient’s aesthetic needs or chosen an implant size they thought looked adequate. More times than not there has been no preoperative imaging prediction work done to determine what Read More…
Background: The use of an implant to correct a small chin is one of the most common facial reshaping procedures. Conceptually it is a very straightforward procedure but consistently getting good aesthetic results is dependent on numerous variables such as implant style and size, its position on the bone and ultimately the patient’s response 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...