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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...
Rhinoplasty often uses cartilage grafts for various augmentative and supportive nasal needs. Most of these cartilage grafts are more modest in size and are harvested from the septum or ear. Such grafts are placed by conventional suture fixation or even as onlays in a crushed shape. Greater amounts of nasal augmentation, however, require rib cartilage Read More…
Background: Like all facial surgeries there is going to be swelling and bruising which will persist for a longer period of time after surgery than most people want. This is certainly no less true for rhinoplasty surgery. But what differentiates nose reshaping surgery from all other facial procedures is the persistence of swelling, often lasting Read More…
When significant augmentation to the nose is needed, the options have always included the patient’s own bone (autograft), a synthetic material (implant) and cadaveric or tissue bank grafts. (allograft) There are biologic advantages and disadvantages to either nasal augmentation option as well as patient and surgeon preferences, the latter often based on more emotion Read More…
Background: The Mestizo (Mexican) patient is the largest ethnic minority in the U.S.. One of their most common plastic surgery requests is for rhinoplasty. Their nose shape often presents as a bulbous broad nasal tip without a defined shape and an underlying weak structural framework. These structural characteristics are often combined with thick skin, amplifying Read More…
Reshaping of the nose with rhinoplasty surgery offers a lot of change possibilities to the osteocartilaginous support framework. Rhinoplasty surgery can not, however, just make any change that a patient wants. Thus it is important before surgery to educate the patient as to what realistically can and can not be done. One type of nose Read More…
The use of antibiotics in any form of surgery is ubiquitous. To decrease the risk of postoperative infection the administration of antibiotics, both intravenously during surgery as well as orally after surgery, is widely practiced and believed to be effective. This is certainly true in rhinoplasty surgery. Fear of infection is understandable given that nose Read More…
Background: The nose presents in a wide variety of shapes which are important to recognize when planning rhinoplasty surgery. One of these shapes is that known as the amorphous or juvenile nasal tip. It presents as a large bulbous nasal tip that is very soft and spongy. The nasal skin is thick and is greatest Read More…
Rhinoplasty is a general term that typically refers to external nose reshaping. But it is not uncommon that the very patient that has a desire to change the shape of their nose also has breathing difficulties due to internal structural issues. While most people think of nose breathing issues due to a septal deviation, other Read More…
Background: The nose by virtue of its central facial position and protruding structure is frequently exposed to traumatic injury. Its fixed osteocartilaginous structure can become displaced when enough force is applied. The type of nasal injury depends on the direction and amount of force to which it is exposed. Injuries that strike the nose directly Read More…
Rhinoplasty is a well known and commonly performed facial plastic surgery procedure. While all facial surgeries involve some degree of swelling and bruising as part of the recovery, surgical nose reshaping carries with it several unique elements to it on the way to the final aesthetic outcome. After all rhinoplasties a dressing is applied to 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...