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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 most effective method of aesthetic skull augmentation is a custom implant approach. By preoperative design using the patient’s 3D CT scan, a smooth surfaced implant with the desired surface area coverage can be made. The most difficult decision in the design of a custom skull implant is its volume. How big should the Read More…
Background: The use of implants in the nose has a long history, some of which is checkered with complications. One of the very unique aspects of putting an implant in the nose is that its soft tissue cover is thin. Given the basic effect of placing a structurally stable and unchanging dimensions of a synthetic Read More…
Background: Macrogenia is a generic term that refers to a large chin. But large chins come in a wide variety of shapes and dimensional excesses which do not respond to a single type of chin reduction surgery. It becomes important therefore to assess each case of macrogenia individually to determine its tissue composition for which Read More…
Background: Aesthetic augmentation of the cheeks is available to be done by a variety of implant types. Most standard cheek implants provide augmentation to the zygomatic body section of the cheek in an oval shaped geometry. While such a more rounded fullness effect to the cheeks may be favorable for some, such implants can not Read More…
Background: The facelift procedure is an operation that is well known but not well appreciated by patients in its details. Much attention is given to various facelift techniques such as SMAS manipulation, deep plane dissection and cheek lifting. While all of these techniques are important and have valuable roles to play in facelift surgery, some Read More…
Background: Penoscrotal webbing or the webbed penis is a soft tissue deformity on the underside of the penis where excessive scrotal skin exists. This creates a web or skin fold which obliterates the penoscrotal angle and makes the penis looks artificially short in length. The webbed penis exists in a wide range of presentations of Read More…
Background: Head size is typically determined by a circumferential measurement taken just above the ears. In adults this can be anywhere from 55cms (small) to 60cms which would be considered large. Gender differences also expectedly exists with men’s head size being about 10% bigger than females in average. (men = 56 – 60cms, women = Read More…
Background: The sagittal suture is a well recognized connective tissue joint that runs down the middle of the skull between the parietal bones. It intersects anteriorly with the coronal suture and posteriorly with the lambdoidal suture. These front and back intersections also represent the original anterior and posterior fontanelle. (soft spots) The sagittal suture gets Read More…
Background: The most common aesthetic deformity of the lower jaw is asymmetry. Whether it is very visible or known only to the patient, lower jaw asymmetry is very common and is probably the norm rather than the exception. This is clearly evident in the many 3D CT scans I see where almost everyone has some Read More…
Background: In facial augmentation there are three methods to do so…injectable fillers, injectable fat and synthetic implants. Each has their own distinct advantages and disadvantages but none of these methods are perfect. With some surgeons advocate one over the other the reality is that they all have a valuable role to play and one often 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...