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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 lowest end of the rib cage is known as the floating ribs. (#s 11 and 12) A rib is defined as floating if its end is not attached to either another rib above it (like #10) or to the sternum. (like ribs # 6, 7 or 8) In rare cases rib #10 may also Read More…
Background: The shape of one’s waistline is influenced by a variety of tissue elements. These consist from the outside inward the skin, subcutaneous fat, multiple muscle layers, bony ribs and the size of the intra-abdominal space. Surgical manipulation can be done all of them with the exception of the intra-abdominal space and organs. Rb removal Read More…
Rib removal surgery is an all out effort to maximize waistline reduction. To bring in the sides of the waistline the most that is humanly possible a multilevel tissue reduction/removal approach is used. From the skin inward to the abdominal wall are the layers of fat, muscle and rib. Each tissue element can be modified Read More…
Rib removal is a surgery that is performed as the last effort to maximize waistline narrowing. It is associated with what its name implies, rib removal, and is commonly believed that this is all that is done ding the surgery. But rib removal surgery is actually a collection of procedures which treat all tissues elements Read More…
Waistline narrowing is ideally achieved by diet and exercise. When this is not effective surgical methods such as liposuction and tummy tucks can exceed what non-surgical efforts can do. But for those that desire to go further, or make the maximal effort for waistline reduction, there is the surgical procedure of rib removal. Rib removal Read More…
The surgical method for waistline narrowing, behind that of traditional soft tissue removals, is that of rib removal surgery. There are different interpretations of what rib removal surgery is as there is no one definitive technique given the infrequent patient requests and the very few surgeons who actually have any knowledge or actual experience in Read More…
Background: The mid-body region for contouring can be done by a variety of surgical procedures. The most well known and commonly done are liposuction, fat transfer augmentations and buttock implants. This collection of now standard procedures can satisfy most patient’s needs for a smaller waistline, larger and more shapely buttocks and, in some cases, even Read More…
The traditional methods of waistline narrowing, such as liposuction and tummy tucks, are very effective for most women. But when one seeks more than these procedures can achieve, deeper anatomic manipulation is needed. Once beyond skin and fat the lone remaining structures are muscle and ribs. Reducing these two internal structures is what constitutes the Read More…
Removal of parts of ribs for body contouring is most commonly associated with waistline narrowing. This relates specifically to the lower ribs, the so called floating ribs (#11 and 12), although in my technique I remove part of rib #10 as well. While this posterior ribcage area is the common aesthetic rib removal area, an Read More…
Background: Waist reduction surgery is typically achieved by traditional procedures such as liposuction and tummy tucks. But for thinner patients who lack any substantial abdominal skin laxity or subcutaneous fat collections, such traditional reduction methods are not of use. Any effort at further waist reduction must be focused on deeper structures such as muscle and 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...