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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: Rib removal surgery reaches the deeper anatomic layer for waistline narrowing. It may be done as the last treatment possible for patients that have had more standard procedures such as liposuction, BBL surgery or tummy tucks and remain unsatisfied with their waistline shape. It may also be the only good option for patients that Read More…
One of the most common aesthetic questions potential patients ask about shoulder narrowing surgery by clavicle resection is whether rolling in of the shoulders occurs. The question actually is not whether it occurs by how significant will it be. To properly answer that question requires an understanding of clavicular bone anatomy. While the clavicle is Read More…
Background: Shoulder narrowing surgery is a conceptually ‘simple’ aesthetic concept. Remove a piece of the clavicle, pull the two ends together and the shoulder will appear less wide. While from a conceptual standpoint this is true, actually doing it through limited surgical access from a favorable incision location successfully is a bigger surgical challenge that Read More…
Shoulder narrowing surgery is accomplished by the straightforward concept of removing a segment of the clavicle bone which pulls the shoulder inward. While there are certainly technical challenges in performing this surgery the operation is completed in about 2 1/2 hours. The formidable part of the surgery to me is the postoperative recovery. Most patients Read More…
Background: There are numerous challenges when performing clavicle reduction osteotomies for shoulder narrowing. One of these challenges is doing the surgery through very small incisions located close to the neck. How readily it is to work through these incisions depends on the overlying tissue thickness. While everyone assumes that the soft tissue overlying the clavicles Read More…
Background: Reshaping the shoulders for a less wide and square appearance can only be done by shortening the length of the clavicles. As the clavicle is a horizontally oriented bone, and the only bone in the body that is, it is conceptually straightforward concept that making it shorter in length will directly bring in the Read More…
Background: One of the primary patient questions and concerns in shoulder narrowing surgery is how bone is going to be removed. As a general guideline I base how much bone is removed based on patient height. Shorter patients get 2.5cms removed per side, medium height patients get 2.75cms and tall patients get 3cms removed per Read More…
The clavicle reduction procedure is the only method to reduce the width of the shoulders. It is most effective at ‘desquaring’ or softening the shape of the shoulders. While the removal of a segment of the clavicle bone is a straightforward concept surgically, executing it and getting the bone segments together with plate and screw Read More…
Background: Clavicle reduction osteotomies has become an effective surgery for patients affected by dysphoria of their shoulder width and square shape. It works by the obvious shortening of the length of the clavicle which produces close to a linear reduction effect. But it also has a rounding effect on the shoulders given the lazy s-shape Read More…
Background: Shoulder reshaping by changing the length of the clavicle is a new procedure for the treatment of various forms of shoulder dysphoria. It has been used far more commonly for shoulder narrowing than shoulder lengthening. Enough clinical cases for shoulder narrowing have been done that it has been shown that the procedure is safe 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...