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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...
Custom deltoid implants can be considered for visible deltoid/shoulder hollowing after shoulder replacement, but they are contour-restoration devices, not functional muscle replacements. Key points: After reverse shoulder arthroplasty, deltoid quality matters because the deltoid becomes the main elevator of the arm. Deltoid atrophy or nerve injury can affect function. A solid silicone custom deltoid implant Read More…
Background: When significant atrophy of the deltoid muscle occurs a bony shoulder appearance results. This most commonly occurs after an axillary nerve injury. The significant shrinkage of the muscle skeletonizes the AC joint and the upper humerus creating significant shoulder asymmetry. Restoration of the atrophic deltoid muscle can be done by soft tissue techniques such Read More…
Background: Many different body muscle groups can be successfully augmented with aesthetic implants. The most common, both by history and clinical use, are for the pectoral, buttock and calf muscles. From pectoral implants has sprung the need for other upper body implants to complement them for the arms and shoulders. (bicep, tricep, and deltoid muscles) Read More…
Background: The well known deltoid muscle creates the rounded contour of the shoulders. It has at least three main muscle bellies that cover the shoulder joint which originate along the clavicle and scapula and insert into the humerus of the upper arm. It receives its motor innervation from the axillary nerve which originates from cevical Read More…
Background: The deltoid muscle is a primary abductor of the upper arm whose mass gives the shoulder its rounded shape. Despite its seemingly uniform rounded shape it actually has three distinct heads or muscle masses, the anterior, lateral and posterior heads which helps the arm abduct in different planes. It is innervated exclusively by the Read More…
For men who seek wider shoulders beyond that of exercise there are three surgical options. The medial bone-based approach is clavicle lengthening while the lateral soft tissue methods include deltoids implants and deltoid fat injections. Each of these shoulder widening methods has their advantages and disadvantages and no method is perfect. The lateral soft tissue Read More…
Aesthetic changes to the width of the shoulder can be done by a variety of surgical techniques. For shoulder width reduction only one surgical method exists…clavicular reduction osteotomies. Conversely shoulder augmentation can be done by three different methods which are performed at different shoulder locations. Deltoid muscle augmentation can be done by either injectable fat Read More…
Shoulder augmentation is a procedure requested by men who want to widen their shoulder width. This can be done by either fat injection grafting, deltoid implants or clavicular bone lengthening. Each method has their advantages and disadvantages. Fat injections are minimal surgery but their volume persistence is unpredictable. Conversely clavicular lengthening is the most invasive, Read More…
Implants are most commonly used for aesthetic augmentation of numerous muscle areas of the body. These include the chest (pectoral implants), calfs (calf implants), and buttocks. (gluteal implants) Less frequently performed, although no less successful, is that of the upper extremity of the biceps and triceps muscle. One other muscular augmentation area of the upper Read More…
The treatment options for small shoulders or lack of adequate/desired deltoid muscle size has historically been the placement of implants. True deltoid implants as an off-the-shelf device does not exist due to lack of patient demand. But when a patient does request deltoid implants, they can be done using other modified body implants or they 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...