Category: shoulder reduction

The Pectoralis Major Muscle Attachments to the Clavicle in Shoulder Narrowing Surgery

The S-shape of the clavicle bone is anchored by very strong ligamentous attachments at both ends to joints of the sternum and scapula. Because of its horizontal orientation it also serves as a location for multiple muscle attachments of the neck, chest and shoulder. These muscles include from medial to lateral the sternocleidomastoid, pectoralis major, Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Shoulder Width Reduction Surgery With Double Plate Fixation For An Expedited Recovery

Background: For the female that is bothered by disproportionately wide shoulders this width can be successfully reduced by clavicle reduction osteotomies. Since the clavicle is the only horizontally oriented bone in the body whose main purpose is to keep the shoulders widely separated from the sternum, reducing its length is the only method by which Read More…

Technical Strategies – Double Plate Fixation of Clavicle Reduction Osteotomies for Shoulder Narrowing Surgery

Wide shoulders in a female can be an unaesthetic body feature which can be successfully reduced by clavicle osteotomies. By removing a segment of the largely horizontally oriented clavicle bone the width of the shoulders is visibly reduced. Some debate can be had about how much clavicle bone an be safely removed in this operation. Read More…

Clavicle Bone Shortening for Shoulder Width Reduction – How Much Bone Can Be Removed?

Reduction of wide or broad shoulders can be successfully done by clavicle osteotomies. By removing a segment of the largely horizontally oriented clavicle the shoulder moves in a near equal amount as the length of bone removed. This is an operation in which the risk of being overdone is virtually nil as the shoulders can Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Outcome Assessment of Female Shoulder Narrowing Surgery

Background: The desire for more narrow shoulder widths is an exclusive female aesthetic desire. Whether this presents in transgender or cis-female patients is irrelevant as the surgical procedure is the same as well as its outcome assessment. Standard bideltoid width distances do exist to define what is outside the normal range. And most patients that Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Shoulder Narrowing Surgery in the Tall Female Patient

Background: The width and shape of the shoulders is highly gender specific. While broad shoulders are desired by most men, more narrow shoulders are usually preferred by women. Men prefer a sharper shoulder shape while women a more rounder one. While men seek surgical methods to large their shoulders, women may seek a method to Read More…

Technical Strategies – Double Plate and Screw Fixation of Clavicle Reduction Osteotomies in Shoulder Reduction Surgery

Shoulder reduction by removing a segment of the clavicle bone is an effective procedure for decreasing the bideltoid width. A 2.5 to 3cm segment of bone is removed from the inner third of each clavicle which is both the location of the thickest diameter of the bone as well as the most favorable location for Read More…

Shoulder Narrowing By Clavicle Reduction Osteotomies – Does The Recovery Compare To That Of Clavicle Fractures?

Shoulder feminization is a surgical procedure where the bideltoid width of the upper body is narrowed. This is achieved by reducing the horizontal length of the clavicles by removing an intervening bone segment. This removed bone usually measures 2.5 to 3 cms in length which translates fairly directly into the same amount of shoulder narrowing. Read More…

Technical Strategies – Double Plate Fixation in Shoulder Reduction Surgery

Shoulder width reduction is successfully done by shortening of the clavicle bones. In so doing it is necessary to rigidly fix the clavicles back together so they can proceed to uncomplicated healing. As a weight bearing bone that supports the shoulder and keeps it from collapsing towards the sternum it is exposed to significant displacing Read More…

The Effects on Shoulder Function of Elective Clavicle Reduction Osteotomies for Feminizing Effect

Shoulder reduction surgery is done to create a more feminine appearance whether it is in the transgender male to female or the cis-female patient. It is done by removing a segment of bone from the clavicle which subsequently brings the shoulders more inward. (decreased bideltoid distance) One of the key aesthetic questions about this operation Read More…