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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 face is a set of anatomic features that structurally create a Y configuration in the middle of the face.The paired eyes/eyebrows, the vertical shaped nose that lines between them and the horizontally oriented lips or mouth that runs below the nose. Each of these 7 structures forms a facial pattern which, while quite Read More…
Background: Clavicle reduction osteotomies have proven to be a safe and effective technique for aesthetic shoulder narrowing. A section of the clavicle bone is removed on the inner half of the clavicle, due to an aesthetically favorable incision location in the supraclavicular fossa, and the distal clavicle segment is brought inward to reunite with the residual Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is a conceptually straightforward procedure. Cut the bone, move it forward and fix it into the desired new position.. It sounds simple enough but there are a lot of variables in its execution that can lead to an unsatisfactory outcome. The first important step is to determine the patient’s exact aesthetic Read More…
Background: In the transfemale patient, contrary to popular perception, breast implants are not always done or on a high priority for the patient. Many such patients who are on hormonal therapy give that ample time to try to achieve their desired breast size increase. For many this is adequate well for others they never came Read More…
Background: Aesthetic contouring of the cheeks could involve augmentation or reduction. In either case potential treatment areas include the bone or the soft tissue. Augmentation is the most conceptually understood because that involves either an implant to augment the bone or fat injections to add volume to the soft tissues. Conversely cheek reduction means reducing Read More…
Background: Wide or excessive convex shaped sides of the head are associated with both aesthetic and occasional functional symptoms. Aesthetically the side of the head is generally desired to be straight and not convex or bowed out. When it is excessively wide both the shape of the bone and the thickness of the muscle can Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation must consider the three dimensions including horizontal, vertical, and width. But when bony asymmetry exist this adds another variable to consider. The choice between a standard and custom implant comes down to the aesthetic dimensional needs and whether any asymmetry exist. Unique or exaggerated dimensional needs as well as any amount of Read More…
Background: Chin implant are the most common form of aesthetic facial augmentation and our widely perform by all surgeons that operate in the face. However, despite the frequency of them being done and he perception that it is a fairly simple operation, there is a relatively high rate of revision with their use. One of Read More…
Background: The size of the male scrotum is a function of the two testicular bodies contained in the amount of scrotal tissue and skin that surrounds them. There is no scrotal size numbers or measurements that is the right amount or the proper aesthetic size on a general basis. Scrotal size is subject to each Read More…
Background: Shoulder reduction surgery is both a visual and measured type of change. What ultimately counts is how the appearance of the shoulder changes (looks less wide or square) as well as how it improve clothing options. But because a certain amount of bone is removed the changes came also be quantified by external measurements 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...