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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...
One of the essential steps in any form of a browlift is a periosteal release along the superior orbital rims. In so doing it is necessary to locate and release the tight tissues around the supraorbital nerves. Its purpose is to protect the nerves in the processing of ensuring the lower forehead tissues are adequately Read More…
Background: Migraines are a common medical problem with variable causes and no one single effective treatment. Most treatment regimens are pharmacologic or prevention/avoidance of known triggers. While various surgical approaches to the treatment of migraines have been done, none have historically been very successful. Recent migraine surgery has focused a specific subset of migraines patients Read More…
Migraine surgery has been developed over the past decade for the treatment of extracranial sensory nerve sites that have been identified as a specific foci or trigger for the headaches. The fundamental concept is that the cranial nerve branch is being compressed either by muscle, fascia or blood vessels. Surgical decompression clears the source of Read More…
Migraines headaches affect a significant percent of the population for which there is no one single effective treatment. One advance in the the treatment of migraines has been the discovery of peripheral compression points at sensory nerve exits of the skull and the refinement in the techniques for their surgical decompression. In the properly selected Read More…
Headaches are a common human malady and present in many forms that range anywhere from a minor nuisance to that of being debilitating. One of the more severe headache forms is that of migraines. Being a true neurologic disorder, this type of headache is associated with head pain that is both disruptive and causes dysfunction. Read More…
Migraine surgery has become popular for the few select headache patients who fulfill specific selection criteria. Having reproducible headache symptoms that correlate to specific cranial nerve locations makes the concept of nerve decompression potentially successful. Based on the premise the nerve is being pinched as the initiator of the headache attacks serves as the biologic Read More…
The treatment of specific types of migraine headaches has been revolutionized by the use of Botox injections and migraine surgery. While not always producing a cure, both types of treatments can produce a significant reduction in symptoms that is sustainable. The basis for migraine surgery is essentially the deactivation of a trigger which for three Read More…
Temporal headaches are one of the four known regional migraine areas. The etiology is compression of the zygomaticotemporal nerve (second division of the trigeminal nerve), the auriculotemporal nerve (third division of the trigeminal nerve) or both. Decompression or avulsion of these nerves is a known effective treatment in the properly qualified temporal migraine surgery patient. Read More…
While everyone knows what a migraine headache is, determining its exact cause in many patients is not so obvious. Recent advances in migraine care have been to determine if there is a specific extracranial cause that triggers the migraine. The focus has been on nerve compression of certain sensory nerves where they exit from the Read More…
Background: There are a wide variety of types of headaches of which migraines make up some of the most disabling. While the exact cause of many migraine headaches is not precisely known, certain types of migraines are known to occur from peripheral compression of certain cranial nerves. This has led to a variety of injectable 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...