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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 well known deltoid muscle creates the rounded contour of the shoulders. It has at least three main muscle bellies that cover the shoulder joint which originate along the clavicle and scapula and insert into the humerus of the upper arm. It receives its motor innervation from the axillary nerve which originates from cevical Read More…
Background: Asymmetries in the shape of the head are not uncommon and come in a wide variety of types. One not uncommon type is that which affects the side of the head and is most noticeable to the patient in the front view. One side of the head sticks out further than the other. Usually Read More…
Background: Vertical chin lengthening can be done by either an implant or a lengthening of the bone. While implants have limitations as to how much lengthening can be effectively done, osteotomies do not. While some surgeons feel that the amount of vertical chin lengthening needs to be limited this appears to be based on a Read More…
Background: The ear is remarkably resistant to the effects of aging and gravity due to its largely cartilaginous framework composition. The ear generally does not sag or drop with aging with the exception of the earlobe…the only non-cartilaginous part of the ear. The earlobe is well known to become longer due to the stretch of Read More…
Background: One uncommon and not well known method of aesthetic jaw augmentation is a combined autologous-alloplastic approach. This combines the only aesthetic method of a jaw osteotomy with jaw implants. This means a bony genioplasty for the front of the jaw and custom implants for the back of the jaw. The indication for this type of Read More…
Background: The shape of the male forehead is associated with more prominent brow bones and a broader width than that of the female. It can also have more of a backward slope than a female but not excessively so. One of the challenges in male forehead augmentation is when the forehead is excessively narrow (pinched Read More…
Background: Shoulder narrowing by clavicle bone reduction is an effective procedure in body feminization efforts. The most important components of the procedure are how much bone to remove and what type of bone fixation should be used to support it as it heals. Patients understandably focus on how much bone is to be removed as Read More…
Background: The differences between a chin implant and a sliding genioplasty go beyond the differences in the invasiveness of the surgery. While in small amounts of chin augmentation their aesthetic effects may be fairly similar, these changes when more significant chin augmentation changes are needed are different. As a general guideline chin implants were designed Read More…
Background: Flatness and asymmetries of the back of the head are some of the most common head reshaping concerns. This is particularly relevant in the male who has a shaved head or very closely cropped haircut. Such patients make up the vast majority of back of the head reshaping surgeries. Men early in their life Read More…
Background: The most common aesthetic vertical deficiency of the face affects its lower third. While the chin is usually associated with a horizontal deficiency it can also be effected by a vertical one as well. While many horizontal chin deficiencies have a vertical component, the purely vertically short chin is more uncommon and often underdiagnosed 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...