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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...
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…
The clavicle reduction osteotomies used in aesthetic shoulder narrowing surgery is conceptually straightforward. Remove a specific length of bone, pull the remaining two ends of the bone back together and put a plate and screws to hold it together so it heals. This would be fairly easy if one is working on a skeletal model 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…
Shoulder reduction is now a common procedure for those seeking a less wide or square shaped shoulders. This is done by removing a section of the straight portion of the clavicle and then reuniting the bones after the removal with plate and screw fixation. Since the clavicle a longitudinal bone that keeps the shoulder at Read More…
Background: The diversity in body size and stature of patients presenting for shoulder reduction is quite considerable. I have done the surgery on patients with heights from 5 feet to 6’4″ tall. While the thickness and length of the clavicle may differ the technical execution of the surgery is the same and aesthetic outcomes are Read More…
Background: The use of clavicle reduction osteotomies for shoulder reshaping has proven to be an effective procedure. Having performed over 100 patience for shoulder reduction, or over 200 clavicles treated, the vast majority of patients have been very satisfied with their shoulder shape changes. Because it is a structural shoulder change associated with range of Read More…
Background: Reductive shoulder narrowing surgery has been proven to be effective by shortening the length of the clavicle bones. The surgery to do so is fairly straightforward, removing a segment of the clavicles will naturally move the attached shoulders inward. While the surgery seems like a linear concept it is not and therein lies many Read More…
Background: Shoulder reduction surgery is performed on a wide variety of patients, particularly when it comes to their height. I have performed this surgery on patients from 5’3”to 6’2” tall. Wile the surgery itself does not change regardless of the patient’s height the amount of clavicle bone that can be removed does. It makes sense Read More…
Background: There are numerous body contouring surgeries that transfemales may find of benefit. The most common ones performed are liposuction, BBL and breast, buttock and hip implant surgeries which are primarily soft tissue enhancements. These are also structural body modifications (aka hard tissue procedures) that are gaining popularity which include shoulder reduction by clavicle bone Read More…
Shoulder narrowing surgery is an aesthetic procedure in which the incision and its final appearance has significance. While in fracture repair a long incision is used across the front of the clavicle with a significant scar, such an approach scarring in shoulder narrowing would not be acceptable to most patients. (even though it makes the 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...