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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 forehead is the most visible part of the face and skull because of its large non-hair bearing surface area. While its coverage area is broad it does not have a flat shape nor does it have a completely vertical slope. In men the forehead usually has a slight backward angulation particularly at the Read More…
Background: The occipital bone on the back of the head has a trapezoidal shape that forms the lower and back part of the cranium. It is not a snoot bone and has various ridges and prominences due to the attachment of numerous neck muscles. But there is one often seen and well described bump on Read More…
Background: Bony prominences of the skull can occur anywhere on its five surfaces in wide variety of shapes and sizes. But there are some consistent types of bony protrusions seen on each skull surface. These include sagittal crests on the top of the head, occipital buns and knobs on the back of the head, bossing Read More…
Background: The most successful forms of significant aesthetic skull augmentation involves the placement of a custom designed implant directly on the skull bone under all layers of the scalp. The most commonly used custom skull implant is made of solid silicone for both ease of placement through a much smaller scalp incision and lower manufacturing Read More…
Background: Skin laxity is a common anatomic result of aging which affects body areas differently. The greatest amount of age-related skin excesses typically occur in joints in the extremities, most notably the elbows and knees. These extremity areas are continuously flexed and extended often well beyond 90 degrees for extended time periods over a lifetime. Read More…
Background: A tracheostomy is an urgent surgical procedure to establish a payment airway below the level of the thyroid cartilage and vocal cords. How long a tracheostomy stays is variable based on the reason it was initially inserted but eventually most are removed. When the tracheostomy is removed the resultant wound its allowed to heal Read More…
Background: While bone fractures is the most recognized type of facial injury, it is actually not the most common. Blunt soft tissue injuries are the most frequent occurrence over even lacerations. Such blunt trauma cause compression of the soft tissues between the externally applied force and the underlying solid bone. If the force is great Read More…
Background: Augmentation of an undesired head shape is an aesthetic implant procedure done today that can be as successfully performed as any other face or body procedure. Because it is performed infrequently and by so few surgeons familiarity with the procedure is fraught with numerous misconceptions.These include a failure to understand why anyone would care Read More…
Background: The anatomy of the jaw angle area is unique when it comes to implant augmentation. It is the only facial area where strong insertion ligamentous attachments need to be released for proper implant positioning. While this is an absolute technical requirement in implants that lengthen this part of the jaw it is still needed Read More…
Background: The size and shape of the head can be augmented for aesthetic purposes like any other part of the face or body. Historically and often still done today this is done by various types of bone cements. While bone cements are very biocompatible their working properties make them effective for only small skull augmentations. 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...