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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 development of postoperative infection is the main medical risk in most implant type surgeries. While the superior vascular supply to the face allows a lower risk of infection of implant placements in the face than in body implants, these procedures are still not infection free. This is particularly relevant when facial implants are placed Read More…
The different materials available for standard and custom facial implants are well known and include silicone, Medpor, Goretex and PEEK in the U.S.. The first three are available in standard facial implants and silicone, Medpor and PEEK are available in custom facial implants. There are numerous differences between all of these implant materials and the Read More…
Background: The skeletal support of the nose is the central maxilla known as the pyriform rim area. This is a collection of bones around the nasal airways which have a pear-shape (hence the name pyriform) consisting of the nasal bones superiorly, the nasal processes of the maxilla laterally and the horizontal processes of the maxilla Read More…
Tear troughs and undereye hollows are some of the most common periorbital aesthetic deformities. While they are located in the lower eyelid region they are not necessarily the same. Tear trough are typically described as discrete indentations located more at the medial orbital rim area and are the result of aging or tissue thinning creating Read More…
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a common radiologic diagnostic test that has proven invaluable for evaluating soft tissue abnormalities, often used in the head and neck area. Because it does not expose the patient to radiation it is also considered a very safe study to undergo. But despite avoiding radiation an MRI does pose some Read More…
There are various manifestations of a midface that lacks adequate horizontal projection. But one of the most common is seen at the central midface around the base of the nose. The projection of the nose is highly influenced by the growth of the nasal septum and the development of the maxilla underneath it. Specifically the Read More…
The orbital floor and surgical efforts to change its shape/position are typically associated with fracture management. The thin nature of the bony thickness of the orbital floor and its support of the overlying eyeball may it prone to being pushed downward into the maxillary sinus with direct trauma to the eyeball or cheekbone. Its reconstruction Read More…
The lower midface consists of the central pyriform aperture or the bone around the base of the nose. Its forward development plays a major role in the projection of the nose and how the nose appears in relation to the upper lip. It is the most projecting part of the central midface where the rest Read More…
Volume-assured augmentation of the upper midface is currently able to be done by two basic type of implants, cheeks and infraorbital styles. They both have a role to play which becomes more challenged when the midface augmentation is a three-quarter one…this means achieving a combined infraorbital and cheek augmentation effect. When this need arrives the Read More…
Augmentation of the midface consists of several distinct zones based on anatomic location and their shape. (convexity vs concavity) The most common midface augmentation area is a lateral one, the cheeks, which is mainly about increasing the convexity of the natural bone shape. A less common but equally important one is a central midface zone, 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...