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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...
In vertical orbital dystopia (VOD) one eye sits lower than the other which is the direct result of a lower orbital floor and infraorbital rim. While it is uncommon that the lower bony floor of the eye is the only abnormal part of the hard and soft tissue orbital box and the resultant eye asymmetry, Read More…
Background: There are many causes of eye asymmetry due to the numerous structures that surround the eyeball from the eyelids, brow bone, and the eyebrow. These make up the most common causes of eye asymmetry. The one unique causes of eye asymmetry is that of the eyeball itself. This is when the eyeball on one Read More…
Background: When evaluating facial asymmetries I divide them into two basic types, craniofacial and aesthetic. Some many view this distinction as minor vs major but the terms craniofacial and aesthetic is more meaningful as it differentiates how they are treated. Major facial asymmetries are often syndromic (e.g., hemifacial microsomia), usually involve earlier intervention in childhood 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…
Background: Vertical orbital dystopia is when the position of the eye on one side is lower than the other side. This most commonly occurs on a congenital basis as part of a developmental facial asymmetry. In these cases the entire side of the face may be affected where it is vertically shorter as measured between Read More…
In the new textbook OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES IN CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY I co-wrote a chapter on craniofacial-based orbital reconstruction entitled ‘Box and U-Shaped Osteotomies’. In this chapter is described the basic techniques for the surgical correction of orbital dystopias. This is a bony orbital condition where the entire orbital box and its contents are displaced in a Read More…
Background: Bone fractures of the face are not uncommon due to a variety of external force mechanisms. One of the more common types of facial bone injuries involves the cheekbones, known as the zygomatico-maxillary complex (ZMC) fracture. While typically referred to as a cheekbone fracture its anatomic derangement is more complex than that name implies. Read More…
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…
Whether one’s eyes are too close together or too far apart is an occasional question that I get from prospective patients for correction. While there are numerous camouflage maneuvers that can make the eyes appear closer together (inner eye corner repositioning, nasal bridge augmentation), there are no such camouflage procedures that can make the eyes Read More…
Vertical orbital dystopia is a frequent feature of many facial asymmetry patients. When facial asymmetry affects the midface region most of the time some form of globe dystopia will be present. It is perceived most easily by the difference in the horizontal level of the pupils. Orbital dystopia is always most clearly seen in 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...