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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 chin is a three-dimensional structure whose length, width and projection must be considered in any augmentation procedure. While an implant works fine for modest dimensional changes of the chin it does not work well for larger changes. This is particularly true when significant vertical lengthening is needed as this where the role of Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull is a collection of largely convex surfaces that interface with each other. Fundamentally there are five such convex skull surfaces (front, top, back and two sides) that collectively create the aesthetic shape of the skull. While the degree of convexity varies on each surface anything less than some convexity Read More…
Background: Shoulder narrowing surgery works by shortening the length of the clavicle bone. While this concept is straightforward as well as the execution of the surgery to do it, the clavicle is not a straight segment of bone. Its lazy-S shape combined with its various cross-secttional diameters throughout its length makes certain aspects of the Read More…
Background: There are a variety of congenital head shape abnormalities that exist that are either commonly known or easily recognizable. While plagiocephaly is the most well known, scaphocephaly is the most recognizable…even if people do not know the actual name of the skull condition. Having a long front to back head length with a distinct Read More…
Background: The primary objective of chin implants historically is to provide horizontal projection as this is the most requested dimensional change. They secondarily provide width, intended or unintended, due to the wings or lateral extensions that most chin implants have. The dimensions that most chin implants can not change is adding vertical length. They simply Read More…
Background: The shape of the forehead has well known gender differences. Male foreheads have a slight backward slope, visible brow bones both medially and laterally as well as more width with potentially visible temporal lines at the sides of the forehead. These are forehead characteristics that are far more difficult to surgically create than the Read More…
Background: The back of the head is commonly referred as the occiput even though this is not anatomically correct. The back of the head is actually comprised of the paired parietal bones superiorly and the singular central occipital bone inferiorly What separates the three bones is the inverted Y-shaped suture line, particularly the lambdoidal suture Read More…
Background: Augmentation of the jaw angles can be done by injectable therapies or implants. The advantage of implants is their permanency and improved control of the final jaw angle shape. Like all aesthetic implants their main disadvantages the risk of infection, implant malposition and the recovery. But one aesthetic disadvantage not frequently mentioned is the Read More…
Background: There are numerous methods of performing aesthetic jaw augmentation. While some interpret jaw enhancement as chin augmentation that is an antiquated concept. While in the past the only known method of ‘jaw augmentation’ was a chin implant or a sliding genioplasty, jaw augmentation today means either isolated jaw angle implants, a chin procedure with Read More…
Background: The large ear can be vertically reduced of which the most common method is a ‘high and low ‘technique. The bottom of the ear is vertically reduced by a helical rim excision of the earlobe. The top of the ear is reduced by a scaphal flap rotation after excision of the middle part of 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...