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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...
The nostrils are essentially the only non-osteocartilaginous part of the nose that can be surgically modified. While the lower alar cartilages do provide some structural support this is closer to the tip than the nostril base. The lateral or base of the nose is composed only of soft tissues regardless of how wide or narrow Read More…
Deviations of the nose are common and can involve any of its osteocartilaginous structures. One such deviated component is that of the columella, the strip of skin at the bottom of the nose that separates the two nostrils. It overlies the end of the cartilaginous septum which separates the two sides of the internal nasal Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty is one of the most well known aesthetic procedures in plastic surgery and has been performers in various ways for almost one hundred years. It is the original facial reshaping procedure as it focuses on a structural change to a prominent facial feature…the bone and cartilages of the nose. The nasal skin is Read More…
Around the world the use of an implant for augmentation rhinoplasty is a frequent technique. It is usually combined with cartilage grafting of the nasal tip for a more complete dorsocolumellar augmentation effect. The most common implant material is silicone due to its low cost of manufacture and ease of insertion and removal. While effective Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty has a wide variety of technical maneuvers to change the shape of the nose. While each patient is unique and the selection of rhinoplasty techniques will vary based on individual needs, there are subsets or types of rhinoplasty which consist of some standard techniques. One such type of rhinoplasty where a standard approach Read More…
Wide nostrils are a not uncommon feature of a nose that is often treated as the final step in rhinoplasty surgery. It can occur as a natural feature of a nose or one that is created by surgery from the overall nose narrowing effect. (induced nostril widening) The origin of the wide nostrils may affect Read More…
Cartilage grafting in rhinoplasty is a commonly used technique for structural support and airway improvement. In many cases the adjoining septum provides a convenient and structurally straight source for the donor cartilage. When septal cartilage is insufficient or unavailable many surgeons choose the ear as the donor site. Besides being a limited source of cartilage Read More…
Background: The male rhinoplasty patient usually requests several basic nose shape improvements. The most common ones are to have a straight dorsal line (hump removal), improve a low hanging nasal tip and/or achieving a slimmer nose particularly in the tip area. While there are variations in requesting these basic changes the broad, fat or wide Read More…
Rhinoplasty surgery is fundamentally about altering the osseocartilaginous framework of the nose. It’s primary soft tissue effect, the redraping of the nasal skin over and around the altered support framework, is largely out of the surgeon’s direct control. But there is one soft tissue element of the nose which can be changed and that is Read More…
Background: While the nose is composed of bone and cartilage components, its greatest anatomic complexity is in its lower third. The near union of the lower alar cartilages in the midline with the septal support behind it makes for the external size and shape of the nasal tip. The lower alar cartilages is composed of 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...