Category: OR snapshots | scrotoplasty

OR Snapshots – Scrotal Reduction and Lift Using the Midline Raphe Approach

The scrotum is a dual-chambered containment tissue sac that contains the testicles and its neurovascular pedicles. It is composed of numerous tissue layers of which the most obvious is the overlying skin. This skin is unique in its appearance in which it has an irregular textured surface. Whilst often appears as thin skin, it is Read More…

OR Snapshots – The Soft Tissue ePTFE Jaw Angle Implant for Masseteric Muscle Dehiscence

The masseter is the largest muscle on the face that has its bony origin and insertion there. It is a muscle that needs to be elevated by subperiosteal dissection for any form of jaw angle surgery including implants. While lifting the muscle up is a seemingly innocuous maneuver there is always the risk of it Read More…

OR Snapshots – Temporal Muscle Reduction in the Treatment of Migraines

Migraines headaches have various causes of which the exact origin for many patients is not precisely clear. This explains the lack of successful resolution for a large large number of people affected by this type of head pain. But there is one small group of migraine patients that do enjoy the benefits of improvement through Read More…

OR Snapshots – Combining Custom Buttock and Hip Implants

As the popularity of buttock augmentation has soared over the past decade, the need for hip augmentation has also arisen. No form of buttock augmentation, whether it is by implants or fat injections, can successfully provide substantial hip augmentation. Buttock implants certainly can not regardless of whether they are even placed in the subfascial tissue Read More…

OR Snapshots – Bicep Implants and the Axillary Fold Skin Incision

While the best and most natural method of building up the upper arm is with exercise, this can be bypassed by surgical means. Fat injection grafting is one such approach but this often does not survive the transplantation process. And even if it does it does not create an enhanced muscular appearance but just generalized Read More…

OR Snapshots – Surgical Approach to Aesthetic Vertical Orbital Dystopia

The paired position of the eyes is a very discernible physical feature. Using a horizontal line drawn between the pupil of each eye, they should lie along the same position on this line as it crosses between the eyes. One structural condition that affects such eye symmetry is that of vertical orbital dystopia. Most commonly Read More…

OR Snapshots – The Posterior Maxillary Buttress in Cheek Bone Fracture Repair

Cheek bone fractures are one of the common types of facial fractures. Often caused by blows to the face from sporting activities to fisticuff interactions there is a predicable pattern to how the bone is displaced. Anatomically the cheekbone is a projecting facial structure that is supported by its three primary bony legs over an Read More…

OR Snapshots – Subtotal Rib Removal for Waistline Narrowing

Narrowing the waistline through surgery is most commonly done by two procedures. Liposuction works best when there is excessive fat such as having muffin tops or love handles. A tummy tuck can have a horizontal waistline effect but it is an operation whose tissue is greatest in the vertical not the horizontal direction. But without Read More…

OR Snapshots – Intraoral ORIF of Parasymphyseal Mandibular Fracture with Mental Nerve Preservation

Fractures of the lower jaw or mandible are one of the most common types of facial bone injuries. Based on the point of contact along the jawline and the amount of force it encounters, jaw fractures will often have standard patterns of how the bone breaks. A parasymphyseal mandible fracture occurs between the chin and Read More…

OR Snapshots – Anterior and Posterior Temporal Implants for a Total Head Widening Effect

Head width refers to the bitemporal diameter above the ears at the side of the head. Technically this is posterior temporal width. This is different than anterior temporal width which refers to the correction of a hollowing or a concave shape. The relevance of head width has come more into play these days as more Read More…