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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: Custom skull implants are a very effective method of increasing various outer contours of the skull. Whether it is for correcting deficient areas of the skull or to increase its external surface for improved shape or size, the use of a 3D CT scan allows preoperative implant designing. In such designs considerable thought goes Read More…
Background: Sagging of the neck due to aging is inevitable in everyone, it is only a matter of when and to what degree the tissue droop will occur. In older patients with more advanced neck changes the neck sag becomes more pronounced and heavy, usually creating a distinct midline of skin and fat down the Read More…
Background: Enhancement of the prominence of the jaw angles is today sought by both men and women. For men a more defined jaw angle often means increased width of a bony angle shape that often curves more inward. A wider jaw angle shape will also make it more defined and often makes it appear a Read More…
Background: The shape of the ear can be changed by a variety of surgical procedures. The most common is the setback otoplasty for the protruding ear. By bending back the main cartilage framework of the ear using primarily sutures, it resets its cartilage shape memory through prolonged suture immobility. While the otoplasty is often viewed Read More…
Background: Breast augmentation can be successfully done in any female regardless if their body size or weight. But the body frame and habits of the patient does play a role in some of the finer details of the aesthetic outcome. It is no surprise that in very thin female that they frequently have little to Read More…
Background: The forehead occupies a full one-third of the face’s surface area. Its borders are the hair-bearing areas of the frontal hairline superiorly, the eyebrows inferiorly and the temporal hairline laterally. The frontal hairline determines the vertical length of the forehead. The eyebrows provide facial expression and create a emotional appearance. The forehead bone determines Read More…
Background: While chin augmentation is commonly performed and numerous implants styles and sizes exist to perform it, the patient’s gender should have an influence in the process. While men tend to prefer stronger and more square chin augmentation results, most women prefer a more subtler result with less augmentation and a rounder or even tapered Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants have proven to be a reliable method of treating a wide variety of head shape issues. In their preoperative design considerable thought goes into how to best achieve the patient’s desired outcome. But despite this design effort, no one can accurately predict the outcome and how the patient will perceive their Read More…
Background: Nasal fractures are common and most frequently cause mediolateral bone displacements from an oblique force from the side. These are repaired in a straightforward fashion by relocating the nasal bones in a reverse direction that the injury has caused. This approach can be successful due to the underlying support of the maxilla and orbital Read More…
Background: Aging affects all areas of the face but the eyes develop the first and often some of the most profound age-related structural changes. The repetitive movement of the upper eyelids eventually creates redundant skin, that when significant enough, may hang down near or on the lashes. While the lower eyelids also develop loose skin, 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...