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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: Skull implants represent a new type of aesthetic augmentation procedure in the ability to reshape one’s head. Just like any other face or body feature, however, there are gender specific types of changes that apply to the head as well. While women’s head shapes are overall smaller as would be expected, their bone thicknesses Read More…
Background: Excesses of the chin are commonly perceived as an over projection of bone which is easily seen in profile in the static position. (non-smiling) While this is true in many cases it is not always so. In uncommon cases the excess of the chin is primarily seen only in a dynamic state. (smiling) This Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty is fundamentally about changing the structural support of the nose to effect an external shape change. But no matter how well the bone and cartilage structural support is changed to look like the desired shape, the overlying skin and how well it adapts to it becomes the arbitrator of the final result. This Read More…
Background: The webbed neck is a unique feature of certain genetic disorders. In its fullest expression prominent skin bands exist along the side of the neck with an associated low hairline. A line of hair can be seen to go along the webs at various distances down them. In lesser expressions of neck webbing, usually Read More…
Background: The calf muscles, also known as the gastrocnemius muscles, makes up the back part of the leg between the knee and ankle. It is a two-headed muscle with an inner (medial) and outer (lateral) head that extends downward to form a common Achilles tendon which attaches onto the back part of the heel bone. Read More…
Background: The forehead occupies up to one-third of the face and is largely devoid of many discerning features. Short of the eyebrows/brow bones at its lower end, the characteristics of the forehead are mainly influenced by the aging effects of the overlying skin (wrinkles) and the location of the frontal and temporal hairlines. The large Read More…
Background: Chin augmentation is typically perceived as a horizontal deficiency. Conversely jaw angle augmentation is most frequently seen as a width deficiency. While these lower jaw corner deficiencies are certainly true for some patients, this is a limited perception of what are otherwise three dimensional structures. Undoubtably this is due to the historic implant styles Read More…
Background: In the creation of a more defined jawline numerous surgical options exist. Standard implants of the chin and jaw angles, sliding genioplasty and chin wing osteotomies all have a role to play in reshaping the jawline. But the most definitive and effective procedure remains the jawline or wrap around jaw implant. By covering the Read More…
Background: Noses present in all sizes and shapes for reshaping surgery and every nose is unique in its own way. But there are certain anatomic tendencies amongst various ethnicities that are commonly seen with resultant intraoperative strategies to change them. In many African-American noses there are five anatomic components that are frequently present. These include Read More…
Background: The back of the head is composed of the central lower occipital bone and the upper paired parietal bones. It also represents at its most projection point the intersection of the sagittal and lambdoidal sutures. It is much more anatomically complex in its development than its frontal counterpart of the forehead. It is also 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...