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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: Medpor or porous polyethylene is a common facial implant material. Its primary biologic feature as an implant is that is surface porosity permits soft tissue attachments/ingrowth. While this is perceived by some as a material benefit it become a major material liability should any form of revision or removal of the implant be needed. Read More…
Background: The flat back of the head is one of the most common aesthetic head shape deformities. There are multiple causes of a flat back of the head but the most common is deformational, meaning that external forces either in utero or after birth put pressure on the young thin forming skull bones causing that Read More…
Background: The temporal bone is the major skull bone on the side of the head whose main functions are to protect the temporal lobe of the brain and encase the bony ear canal. It has two components, a deeper concave fossa by the side of the eye where most of the temporal muscle resides and Read More…
Background: Skull implant augmentation is a very successful strategy for flat or underdeveloped head shapes. In their most common use there is a single skull surface that is flat or non-rounded and a skull implant is designed to treat it. Such skull implants are placed in a single surgery as their aesthetic needs usually falls Read More…
Background: The temples are an aesthetically important region that is separate from the forehead above it and the cheeks below it. While the temporal region anatomically extends from the side of the forehead all the way to the back of the head, the most aesthetically recognized temporal region is anterior by the side of the Read More…
Background: The custom made infraorbital-malar (IOM) implant is the next step in midface augmentation when standard implants are inadequate. With custom designs any surface of the cheeks and surrounding bony areas can be augmented as aesthetically needed. But just because the implants may be custom made is not a guarantee that it will have the Read More…
Background: While cheek implant augmentation has been performed for decades, the vast majority of satisfied patients are typically female. Standard cheek implants as we known them today have largely gone unchanged in their designs for the past three decades. While not often obvious cheek implant designs have been made for women, unknowingly by the manufacturers, Read More…
Background: Jaw augmentation can be done by a wide variety of non-surgical and surgical methods. All injectable techniques are temporary and as either a test of the effect or as a short term approach. Implants offer a permanent method and the combined use of standard chin and jaw angle implants can be effective for some Read More…
Background: The skull is a collection of numerous bone surfaces all of which are curved or convex. There are five skull surfaces…top, front, back and two sides. Each of these skull surfaces has a unique aesthetic shape to them which are often unappreciated. The back of the head is more rounded while the front of Read More…
Background: The brachycephalic skull shape is primarily identified by its effects on the back of the head. A more complete flatness occurs in brachycephaly than in plagiocephaly with the classic very flat and wide back of the head. The increased width may be partially illusionary because of the lack of projection but there is usually 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...