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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: The patella or knee cap is flat triangular-shaped bone which protects the knee joint from the front. It is a large sesamoid bone whose upper half has a coarse surface shape which serves as the attachment of the quadriceps femoris tendon. It is prone to having exostoses or bony bumps. The inferior or apex Read More…
Background: Lower leg contouring is most commonly done by liposuction. This is effective when the primary problem is caused by excess fat with a minimal amount of redundant skin. But when the skin becomes a major excess as well liposuction is not going to be optimally effective. This issue becomes magnified when the redundant skin Read More…
Background: The descent of gravity affects many face and body structures. The lower extremities are no exception. One of the leg places that tissue falls to is the knee. The knee acts like a stop for tissue descent due to the rigid attachments of the knee joint. It tends to ‘pile up’ above the patella Read More…
Many parts of the body suffer sagging or loose skin from the effects of aging and gravity. The tissues above moveable extremity joints (knees and elbows), however, has the added influence of motion across the joint with flexion to an arc of up to 120 degrees. As a result the stretching of the soft tissue Read More…
Plastic surgery has many nip and tuck procedures from the face down to the thighs. All of these are about removing loose tissues from aging and stretching forces and pulling them tighter closer to their original position. When tissues are pulled upwards they are known as ‘lifts’. (e.g., facelift, breast lift, thigh lift) When tissues 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...