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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...
Chin reduction can be performed by either bone removal, soft tissue removal or both. It can be done through either an intraoral (internal) or submental (external) approach depending upon the type of chin reduction being performed. While bone removal by osteotomy or shaving can be done from either approach, soft tissue removal can only be Read More…
Background: Like all bone and cartilage structures of the face there is an overlying layer of soft tissue and skin. For most of the face this soft tissue cover has no great anatomic significance and responds smoothly to the augmentation and reduction of the hard tissue changes underneath it. But the soft tissue cover of Read More…
Chin reduction can be done by a variety of surgical techniques which fundamentally separate into two basic approaches. The superior intraoral approach offers either an outer cortical burring technique (2D) or an inverted t-shaped osteotomy (3D) for chin size reduction. The inferior submental approach provides access to do bone shaving/removal in all three dimensions of Read More…
Background: The chin is a jutting facial feature that has three distinct dimensions. Horizontal projection, vertical height and transverse width are all chin features that can clearly be discerned. Because it is a protruding 3D structure, changing one of the dimensions will visually cause a change in the other ones. For example if the chin Read More…
Background: Macrogenia is a generic term that refers to a large chin. But large chins come in a wide variety of shapes and dimensional excesses which do not respond to a single type of chin reduction surgery. It becomes important therefore to assess each case of macrogenia individually to determine its tissue composition for which Read More…
Background: The chin can undergo a variety of bone reshaping procedures. While the sliding genioplasty for horizontal advancement is the most well known, there are numerous variations of it for other dimensional changes. The most common variation today is the inverted T-shaped genioplasty either done alone or as part of V-line lower facial narrowing. In Read More…
Background: Chin reduction is a challenging operation that involves multiple tissue considerations. Reducing the bone by either osteotomy or shaving is the most straightforward aspect of the procedure and also the most predictable. What is often overlooked and is the most unpredictable part of chin reduction surgery is how the overlying soft tissues will respond. Read More…
Background: Aesthetic manipulation of the chin can be done using a variety of implant and bone reshaping techniques. Implants provide various dimensions of augmentation. Bone reshaping is more versatile being capable of both horizontal and vertical increases as well as horizontal, vertical and width reductions. In some patients implants and bone reshaping techniques may be Read More…
Background: There are a versatile numbers of procedures to change the shape of the most protruding structure of the face…the chin. It can fundamentally be increased in size by implants and bone movements but can only be reduced in size by changing the bone. (unless an implant is being removed) As this basic concept suggests, Read More…
Background: The most common chin reshaping procedure is the placement of a chin implant. Its most common use is to increase the horizontal projection of the chin. But the placement of an implant may not be the end of the patient’s aesthetic chin reshaping desires or procedures. Some patients will go on and seek additional 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...