Category: plastic surgery case study | shoulder reduction

Introduction Reduction osteotomies of the clavicle for shoulder reshaping (shoulder narrowing or “desquaring”) follow the same core biological principles as fracture healing, but with nuances related to clavicular anatomy, vascularity, and rigid fixation. Healing typically progresses through four well-established phases: 1. Biological Phases of Healing Inflammatory Phase (0–7 days) Hematoma formation and initiation of inflammatory Read More…

 Background: Shoulder narrowing surgery removes a segment of the clavicle bone in what appears to be a purely linear operation. While conceptually this is true the anatomic reality is that the clavicle bone is not straight. Its only straight section, the middle articular segment, has curved ends on either side. These reverse curved ends, once Read More…

 Background: The obvious part of shoulder narrowing surgery is that a segment of the clavicle bone is removed. What is not obvious is how different the shape and size of the clavicle bone can be not only between patients but also between the two sides of each patient. While it is natural to assume that Read More…

 Background: Clavicle reduction osteotomies have proven to be a safe and effective technique for aesthetic shoulder narrowing. A section of the clavicle bone is removed on the inner half of the clavicle, due to an aesthetically favorable incision location in the supraclavicular fossa, and the distal clavicle segment is brought inward to reunite with the residual Read More…

 Background: Shoulder reduction surgery is both a visual and measured type of change. What ultimately counts is how the appearance of the shoulder changes (looks less wide or square) as well as how it improve clothing options. But because a certain amount of bone is removed the changes came also be quantified by external measurements Read More…

 Background: The clavicle is the only horizontally oriented bone in the body whose primary function is to keep the shoulder at a distance from the sternum and ribcage. But do doing the arm can have an adequate range of motion. It is a load-bearing bone in which its size (defined as its diameter) will be Read More…