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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...
Shoulder narrowing surgery is accomplished by shortening the length of each clavicle. Segments of the bone are removed and put back together using plates and screws with a shortened length. Like almost any such bone procedure, particularly in load-bearing areas like the shoulder, the reconstructed bone area needs to be protected for a period of Read More…
Background: The concept of clavicle reduction osteotomies for shoulder narrowing is straightforward and fairly linear. A segment of the clavicle bone is removed, the two ends are put together and are held in place by plates and screws so they can heal. But there are numerous details of the procedure which if not precisely done Read More…
Clavicle reduction osteotomies are an effective procedure for changing the width or wide shape of the shoulders. It is a conceptually straightforward procedure at its most basic level is linear in nature….remove a segment of the clavicle and putting it back together will move the shoulders inward. Its effectiveness depends on getting the two ends Read More…
Background: Shoulder narrowing surgery reduces the length of the clavicles through osteotomies at the inner half of the bone below incisions placed in the supraclavicular fossa. It is a procedure that is often compared to a longstanding surgery that seems similar…clavicle fracture repair. But the reality is it is a far different surgery in many Read More…
Background: Having done hundreds of shoulder narrowing (clavicle reduction osteotomies) surgeries, many for transgender and a few for cis-females, there are certain anatomic observations I have made. The first is that most people’s shoulders are not not symmetric. One side is often longer and, as a result, higher than the other side. This is not Read More…
Background: Wide shoulder dysphoria is not uncommon in transfemales for which clavicle reduction osteotomies provides an effective treatment for it. The major recovery issue in such shoulder reduction surgery is the limited use of the arms in the early recovery. Keeping the arms from full abduction and extension avoids a distraction effect on the reunited Read More…
Background: In clavicle reduction surgery one becomes aware that the paired clavicles are not often symmetric. Clavicle lengths are known by numerous anatomic studies to be different between the two sides. My clinical experience confirms this is accurate and careful examination has shown how frequent clavicle length asymmetries are. The longer clavicle length can be Read More…
Background: The clavicle bone has far more complex morphologic features that is usually perceived. It is the only long bone in the body, meaning a bone that is longer than it is wide, that has a horizontal orientation. I have rBesides being a non-straight curvilinear bone with two curved ends its thickness varies along its Read More…
Background: Shoulder narrowing surgery by clavicle reduction osteotomies is an effective treatment for shoulder dysphoria but poses a unique recovery process. Unlike a clavicle fracture in which only one side is injured in shoulder narrowing surgery both sides are affected. This poses significant early after surgery arm restriction movements for the first few weeks after Read More…
One of the unmentioned sequelae of shoulder narrowing surgery is temporary numbness of the upper chest. Since shoulder narrowing is a bilateral procedure such numbness on both sides of the upper chest is common. Although it causes no functional issues and usually slowly resolves a few months after the surgery an anatomic explanation is helpful 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...