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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 surgery is fundamentally about changing the osteocartilaginous structural support of the nose. The eventual aesthetic result becomes how the overlying skin shrinks down around the reshaped nasal structure. While this is an accurate assessment for much of the nose, it is not completely accurate for certain component parts of the nose. One such part Read More…
Rhinoplasty surgery involves the separation of the overlying soft tissue coverage so that the osteocartilaginous framework can be reshaped. Even when done under direct vision (open rhinoplasty) how the soft tissue responds to these changes and whether these structural changes can produce what the patient wants is not always completely predictable. Thus the risk of Read More…
Management of the tip of the nose in rhinoplasty surgery is the most dimensionally complex of all its potential shape changes. It is also open to high levels of scrutiny as it surrounded by easily identifiable landmarks as in the nostrils, columella and the protruding tip. There are two basic dimensional projection changes of the Read More…
Background: Augmentation rhinoplasty can be done using either synthetic implants or autologous cartilage grafts. Each approach has its distinct advantages and disadvantages and debates have existed amongst rhinoplasty surgeons for decades about the merits of each approach. But around the world the most common method of augmentation rhinoplasty probably used is with an implant for Read More…
Aesthetic nasal surgery is divided into a total external reshaping (rhinoplasty) or external reshaping combined with functional airway surgery. (septorhinoplasty) By its name it is obvious that septorhinoplasty includes management of a deviated septum as part of improving the ability to breathe through one’s nose. While many deviated septums are not that apparent externally if Read More…
Rhinoplasty is a collection of a variety of tissue manipulations to reshape the nose. Almost invariably to undertake these manipulations portions of the nose must be dismantled and then put back together again, either being reduced, augmented or simply reshaped.. This is no better illustrated the when it comes to dorsal reduction, one of the Read More…
Background: Rhinoplasty is fundamentally about reshaping the structural support of the nose. This can be done for an overall reduction in size or shape, an overall augmentation of the dorsocolumellar support or some combined of both. In reduction rhinoplasty the postoperative adaptation of the enveloping skin has a major role in the result. Conversely in Read More…
Rhinoplasty like all facial reshaping surgeries undergo an evolution during the healing process. There is the immediate appearance of the various aspects of the nose as they appear to the surgeon during surgery. And then there is the much longer healing process, up to one year after surgery, in which the nose continues to change Read More…
Asymmetry of the nose occurs for a variety of anatomic reasons. Septal deviation, nasal bone asymmetries, upper lateral and lower alar cartilages differences and even the thickness of the nasal skin are all well recognized contributors to nasal asymmetries. Many standard rhinoplasty maneuvers can help improve the centric alignment of nasal appearance. One less recognized Read More…
Background: The shape of the African-American nose is typified by several common features. The nasal bridge is typically low, the nasal tip is wide and under projected and the nostrils are often flared or wide. These osteocartilaginous features combined with thick nasal skin create a nose that needs a combination of increased hard tissue support, 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...