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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: Rib removal surgery of various forms is becoming more recognized body contouring procedure. Ten years ago when I started doing the surgery it was only perceived as a myth and a dangerous undertaking. Today it is more commonly done and is performed in numerous variations from actual rib removal to rib fractures. It is Read More…
Background: The clavicle is a unique bone of the body more so than just being horizontal in orientation. It is a tubular bone that varies in shape and diameter as its moves from the sternoclavicular joint medially out to the acromioclavicular joint laterally. With lengths in the range of 13 to 16cms, cortical diameters ranging Read More…
Case Study: Jaw osteotomies are commonly performed with high degrees of success and few significant complications. They are very effective at improving lower face proportions and projection as well as occlusal interdigitation. But like all operations it is not perfect and does have some aesthetic tradeoffs. These aesthetic liabilities include bony irregularities and some dimensional Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants are typically used for correcting various skull contour deficiences and often have some appreciable soze and thicknesses. While creating a smooth contour change is a necessary part of that typical form of augmentation it is not usually the sole reason for the patient to undergo the procedure. But custom skull implants Read More…
Background: Augmentations of various areas of the skull can be successfully done for a wide variety of head shape deficiencies. Such aesthetic skull implants work because of the good vascularity of the scalp and skull bone, the ability of the scalp to stretch to accommodate the underlying bone expansion and the use of custom implant Read More…
Case Study: Plagiocephaly is one of the most recognized abnormality of the skull in adults and one of the more common seen. While it often has a more complete craniofacial effect its most significant deformation affects the back of the head. The severity of the flatness that occurs on the back of the head is Read More…
Background: The scalp is pierced as a homogenous layer of soft tissue covering the skull whose most dominant feature is the hair it may or may not contain. While the scalp does have five distinct layers throughout its large surface area of coverage the thicknesses of it varies. The thickest part of the scalp is Read More…
Background: The bony genioplasty remains the best technique for significant lower facial augmentation particularly when significant vertical lengthening is needed. It is always better in the long term to let the bone create the large chin augmentation effect as opposed to a large implant load on the chin even if it may not create the Read More…
Background: In the short chin, when significant vertical lengthening is the primary deficiency, the bony genioplasty remains the workhorse for this type of lower facial augmentation. Significant vertical chin lengthening is defined in my experience by greater than 7 mm in most patients. This is based on the restrictions of the overlying soft tissue chin Read More…
Background: In the patient with a wide or overly convex head shape the question is always is this a function of the bone or muscle. To accurately answer this question one has to look at the anatomy of the temporal bone and muscle which makes up the side of the head. The temporal bone is 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...