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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: An absent testicle in an adult can be the result of various causes. It can either have never formed, was undescended from the abdominal cavity during development or was lost after birth due to trauma or a tumor. All of these are well known to occur with the most reason common being it was Read More…
Background: Facial asymmetry is common and not surprising given the complex embryologic development of the face. It occurs in a tremendously diverse range of presentations of which the vast majority causes more aesthetic concerns than functional issues. While it is commonly said that every face has some degree of asymmetry and this is normal that Read More…
Background: The original aesthetic lower facial reshaping procedure is chin augmentation. Whether it was done with an implant or a sliding genioplasty, this was the first skeletal facial augmentation procedure (excluding the nose) that changed the basic structure of the face. Whether done in isolation typically in younger patients or combined with facial rejuvenation (e.g., Read More…
Background: Non-excisional surgical fat removal, aka liposuction, has been the most popular body contouring procedure for the past four decades. Even with the onset in the last decade of non-surgical fat removal technologies (e.g., Cool Sculping, Vanquish) the number of patients undergoing liposuction surgery has not decreased. This is a testament to the fact that Read More…
Background: Feminization of the nose typically implies certain featural changes. Amongst them includes a a narrow nose in the front view and a lower dorsal line with upward tip rotation in the profile view. The degree of these changes is what influences the degree of nasal feminization and the patient’s perception of them. The reduction Read More…
Background: The face can be augmented by standard preformed implants in a variety of well known ‘spot’ or smaller locations. Cheek implants are often cited as midface implants but there position is largely more lateral than central.The only central midface standard implants are for the infraorbital and premaxillary-paranasal areas, which have roles for isolated limited Read More…
Background: The custom jawline implant is the most effective and powerful changer of the shape of the lower face in younger patients who do not have soft tissue aging issues. Because of its custom design it provides a good fit to the patient’s existing mandibular bone and creates a 3D expansion of the inferolateral bone Read More…
Background: Enlarging the size of the head must take into consideration multiple issues. The first is what zones of the head need to be augmented. (top, back, front and sides) The second is how much augmentation can be done in a single surgery given the stretch of the scalp to permit it. And thirdly, if Read More…
Background: The chin can undergo a variety of bone reshaping procedures. While the sliding genioplasty for horizontal advancement is the most well known, there are numerous variations of it for other dimensional changes. The most common variation today is the inverted T-shaped genioplasty either done alone or as part of V-line lower facial narrowing. In Read More…
Background: The shape of the lower jaw is influenced by a variety of genetic bone growth and postnatal musculoligamentous attachments. This is most evident in the high jaw angle patient who, by definition, has a steep mandibular plane angle. What is often noted in their 3D CT scans is the bony exostoses that exist along 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...