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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: Facial asymmetries are common and most are relatively modest in their effects. But the most significant facial asymmetries of a known cause is that of hemifacial microsomia. Due to abnormal development of the associated brachial arches, the lower jaw and ear in particular are severely affected. Major parts of the ear and lower jaw Read More…
While the entire face can be affected by congenital asymmetry the lower jaw is commonly involved. Beyond the severe congenital jaw asymmetries which are associated with major brachial arch deficiencies (e.g., hemifacial microsomia) the far more common jaw asymmetries are more ‘aesthetic’ in nature. This means that the occlusion is fine and there may not Read More…
Background: One of the most common congenital facial asymmetries affects the lower jaw. Because of its paired brachial arch origin differences in their lengths and how they fuse in the midline affects the shape of the lower jaw. Such jaw asymmetries come in a wide variety of presentations that is almost never as dimensionally simple Read More…
Background: There are many types of aesthetic facial asymmetries. The classic developmental ones are where one side of the face is smaller than the other side in the vertical dimension. (one side of the face can also be abnormally larger than the other side but this is fairly rare) In these commonly seen aesthetic asymmetries Read More…
Facial asymmetries that more completely involve the whole face or just the upper half of the face create eyebrow asymmetries. Almost always the affected eyebrow is lower and may be associated with a lower tail of the brow bone and the upper eyelid as well. As a result, uplifting of the lower eyebrow is often Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetries are very common and it is actually rare that anyone’s face is perfectly symmetric. Most of these facial asymmetries are located in the soft tissues and would be considered minor differences in the external soft tissue landmarks. But some asymmetries are more bone-based and thus affect larger external surface areas as the Read More…
Background: The face develops from paired brachial arches as an embryo which meet in the middle and fuse to form a complete paired face. This is a remarkably complex interaction and it is miraculous that to works as well as it does the vast majority of time in making a fairly symmetric face. But despite Read More…
Background: While facial asymmetry is common and often viewed as a favorable personal trait, this is only true in more minor forms of it. In more significant facial asymmetries such a favorable feeling about it is never shared by the patient. Of course the interpretation of what constitutes minor vs more significant facial asymmetries is Read More…
Background: Lower facial or jaw asymmetry is one of the most common forms of facial asymmetry. The projecting nature of the chin/lower jaw, its paired development from the embryonic brachial arches and the relative complexity of the mandibular shape with its various attached soft tissues creates a lot of potential for an asymmetric shape. While 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…
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...