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OR Snapshots – TMJ Glenoid Fossa Implant Removal

The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) creates the articulation between the lower jaw and the skull. It allows the mandible to open and close and creates the capability for the only moveable bone in the entire craniofacial skeleton. The TMJ is about the size of one’s thumb and is composed of a ball (condyle of mandible) and Read More…

OR Snapshots – Rib Graft MIcrotia Ear Reconstruction

The ear is composed of two basic structures, cartilage and skin. The cartilage component of the ear is considerable as only the earlobe is not supported by it. The cartilage is solely responsible for the very complex shape of the ear with its many hills, valleys, ridges and curves that are seen externally. How it Read More…

OR Snapshots – Temporal Implants Placed Through a Browlift Approach

Temporal augmentation has become a popular facial area of augmentation due to injectable fillers and fat. While these injectable methods offer a non-surgical treatment method, their volume retention and smoothness of contour is far from assured. Temporal implants offer a facial augmentation method that is both permanent and straightforward to place. It is an implant Read More…

OR Snapshots – Brow Bone Reduction by Burring

Brow bone reduction is useful for both men and women who have frontal sinus development that creates an unaesthetic appearance. It is far more commonly done in men whether it be for reduction of very prominent brow bone protrusions or as part of an overall facial feminization surgery for male to female transgender patients. In Read More…

OR Snapshots – Septal Graft Dorsal Augmentation Rhinoplasty

Augmentation of the nose can be successfully done by a variety of materials. While each  autologous and alloplastic material has their own advantages and disadvantages, one’s own cartilage will always have the superior biologic edge. While cartilage is from one’s own body and is well accepted like all other autologous grafts, it has the unique Read More…

OR Snapshots – Placement of Subfascial Temporal Implants

Augmentation of the temporal region of the face has become popularized through the use of injectable synthetic fillers and fat. While such injectable treatments can be successful, they can be plagued by unpredictability of volume retention and the need for ongoing treatments. Like it is anywhere else on the face where aesthetic bone augmentation is Read More…

OR Snapshots – Forehead Augmentation with Hydroxyapatite Cement

The forehead occupies a third of the visible face. Because it does not have any topographic features that draw one’s attention to it like other parts of the face, its broad non-remarkable surface is not an immediate eye-catcher. But despite being relatively bland, the sheer size of the forehead does play a role in aesthetics Read More…

OR Snapshots – Rib Removal Surgery for Waistline Slimming

Rib removal is most commonly known for its effect on helping reduce the anatomic waistline or waistline slimming . Usually the ribs that are partially removed (outer halves) are #s 11 and 12. This is because these are the true free floaters and are pointed 45 to 60 degrees straight downward. Once one realizes the Read More…

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