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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 skull is composed of a number of plates of bone which are joined by sutures. These sutures allow the skull to grow with the underlying developing brain. Once brain growth is complete these sutures became stiffer and more fibrotic and even partially calcified. In adults the major suture lines are still seen of Read More…
Background: The superficial temporal artery (STA) is one of numerous blood supplies to the top of the head and scalp. Emanating off of the external carotid artery in the neck the origin of this arterial branch courses in front of the ear where its ascends into the temporal region and splits into anterior and posterior Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is a general term that encompasses a variety of different techniques to do so. The two commonly used methods are an implant and an osteotomy. A wide variety of implant materials, styles and sizes are available to create almost every type of desired chin augmentation effect. For very significant chin augmentations beyond Read More…
Background: The term ‘lopsided’ refers to a paired entity in which one side is lower or smaller than the other. In medical terms ‘asymmetry’ is more commonly used. But either description applies to various forms of head shape abnormalities in which there is a discrepancy between the shape of its two sides. Plagiocephaly is the Read More…
Background: While there are many techniques for lower facelift surgery they all share one basic element…incisions around the ears. No matter what is done inside (SMAS manipulations) the presence of incision in and around the ears is what controls the amount of face and neck skin that is removed and repositioned in the procedure. As Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull consist of five surfaces, three of which have a distinctly convex bone shape. (front, back and top of the head) Symmetry of the head is highly depend on both sides of these convex surfaces being equal in shape. When one side is flatter than the other side a lop Read More…
Background: The sagittal split ramus osteotomy (SRRO) of the mandible is the most common form of lower jaw reshaping/repositioning. While a very effective procedure its aesthetic benefits are sagittal in dimension only. It can bring the lower jaw and chin forward to improve lower facial projection but it can widen the chin or jawline and Read More…
Background: The face is prone to a wide variety of developmental abnormalities due to the paired nature of its embryologic development. A frequent cause of facial asymmetries comes from lower jaw development. Originating from the paired first pharyngeal or brachial arches, which develop as early as the fourth week of embryonic life, their eventual growth Read More…
Background: Enlargement of the skull or head shape is most commonly done for select areas using a custom skull implant made from the patient’s 3D CT scan. Such subtotal skull augmentations can usually be done with immediate insertion due to the natural stretch of the scalp. But in larger custom skull implants, whether it is Read More…
Background: In facial reshaping surgery a combination of diametric structural changes are needed to improve the facial balance. The most well known facial reshaping procedure is a reductive rhinoplasty and chin augmentation, a horizontal facial shape change that is best seen in profile. Vertical facial shape changes, however, are less appreciated and often underdiagnosed. As 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...