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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: Plagiocephaly is one of the most recognized skull shape abnormalities. It refers to a twisted skull, as seen from above, most commonly with a counter clockwise rotation. While it affects the entire skull shape, including all five of its surfaces, its greatest impact is on the back of the head. A profound unilateral flattening Read More…
Background: Osteomas are benign bony growths that develop on the outer surface of a bone. (outgrowth of the outer cortical layer) While they can occur anywhere on the body they are very common on the skull with the forehead being a frequent location. Their cause is always clear and many occur for no obvious reason. Read More…
Background: The hips, while occupying the side of the upper outer leg, have diverse areas of potential augmentation. Traditional hip augmentation typically refers to the soft tissue area below the iliac crest and extending down to or even beyond the greater trochanter of the femur. A variety of implants have been developed for this hip Read More…
Background: The nose has a wide variety of shapes due to its complex composition of cartilage and bony structures. The tip of the nose represents the best example of that being formed by the intersection of five different cartilages including the septum, the lower alar cartilages and the upper alar cartilages. As a result how Read More…
Background: Temporal hollowing results from lipoatrophy which can occur for a variety of reasons from aging to medical conditions. Variety methods have been used treat it, most of which are injectable, but the only permanent method are implants. Temporal implants are unique from all other aesthetic facial implants in that they are designed to augment Read More…
Background: Chin implants are the original form of aesthetic facial augmentation. Their design has always been primarily for horizontal augmentation with variable amounts of width increases built into different implant styles. While some patients have been recognized as needing some vertical height increases as well surgeons have typically used these horizontally projecting implants in a Read More…
Background: The sagittal crest is a common aesthetic skull prominence whose presence is magnified in the male with short hair or a shaved head. The sagittal crest comes in a wide variety of presentations from a small bump to a long elongated ridge. In many sagittal crests the head shape has an inverted V shape Read More…
Background: The concept of the sliding genioplasty is fairly straightforward. Cut the chin bone, move it forward and put a plate on it to hold it into place. While this is true there are numerous aesthetic and technical considerations involved that can make for a successful or unsuccessful aesthetic outcome. Such factors include what dimensional Read More…
Background: The forehead occupies a full one third of the face and is typically perceived as a flat nondescript bony surface. But its surface topography is more complex with potential brow bone prominences, a central glabellar valley, supra brow bone breaks, frontal eminence prominences and lateral temporal lines. All of which can lead to an Read More…
Background: The narrow head shape is defined as having a decreased bi-temporal and bi-parietal bony skull widths. These can be determined by actual measurements but, more importantly, it can be seen from the outside as well as just looking at a 3D CT skull scan of the patient. The narrow head shape may often involves 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...