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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 prone to developing undesired ‘lumps and bumps’ which are aesthetically bothersome because they disrupt an otherwise smooth head surface. Such bony protrusions are abnormally raised spot areas of bone that can be reduced by a direct burring approach. While not pathologic these type of skull protrusions represent overgrowths of normal outer Read More…
Background: Syndromic jaw deficiencies represent the most severe lower facial deformities that occur. There is a spectrum of such congenital craniofacial deformities of which hemifacial microsomia and Treacher Collins are the most recognized. What these syndromes share in common is that the branchial arches are affected which results in varying degrees of mandibular underdevelopment as Read More…
Background: Like the rest of the face the lower jaw forms from paired branchial arches that meet and fuse in the middle to create its final shape in utero. How well these complex embryologic processes form and merge is what determines how symmetric the two sides of one’s lower jaw will be. In an incredible Read More…
Background: Besides the lip and palate, the classic and common orofacial cleft affects the nose as well. Even though the cleft does not run directly through the external nose it does affect the floor of the nose (palate) which, through deviations of the septum, has extended effects through the middle vault and the alar cartilages Read More…
Background: When a chin implant fails to provide satisfactory horizontal projection, the initial question is always why. Most of the time the surgeon has inadequately estimated the patient’s aesthetic needs or chosen an implant size they thought looked adequate. More times than not there has been no preoperative imaging prediction work done to determine what Read More…
Background: The use of an implant to correct a small chin is one of the most common facial reshaping procedures. Conceptually it is a very straightforward procedure but consistently getting good aesthetic results is dependent on numerous variables such as implant style and size, its position on the bone and ultimately the patient’s response to Read More…
Background: The current state of testicle implants is closely tied to that of breast implants. When the silicone breast implant moratorium was instituted in 1991 that also applied to every other aesthetic body implant that was composed of silicone gel. Away went silicone testicle implants and the search for an FDA-approved replacement took over a Read More…
Background: Excessive width or convexity of the side of the head is one of many head shape concerns. Generally it is preferred that the side of the head is straight rather than have any convexity. This becomes most relevant in men who have shorter hair styles where the shape of the side of the head Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty procedure is done by a low angled bone cut above and through the inferior border of the chin . (anterior jawline) While there can be some asymmetry of the lengths of the bone cuts as they go to the sides inside the narrow subperiosteal tunnel, the bone is still downfractured as Read More…
Background: V line surgery, sliding genioplasty and chin wing osteotomies all place the intrabony course of the inferior alveolar nerve at risk of injury. While the exit of the nerve from the bone at the mental foramen can be seen during surgery, the bone cut must be lower than the foramen level. The nerve has 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...