Category: shoulder reduction

Length of Clavicle Bone Removal in Shoulder Narrowing Surgery

Shoulder narrowing surgery is an effective method for upper torso feminization. It is an operation that involves a linear reduction in the length of the clavicles by removing a segment of it. One of the most common questions by patients considering this surgery is how much length of clavicle bone can be removed. Which essentially Read More…

Techical Strategies – The Supraclavicular Fossa Incision in Shoulder Narrowing Surgery

Shoulder reduction surgery works by accessing the inner third of the clavicle bone and reducing its length by a measured ostectomy. To do this requires an incision over the clavicle, which by one’s own feel, the soft tissue over the bone feels fairly thin. In reality it is much thicker than it feels. Regardless, an Read More…

incisional Access for Shoulder Narrowing Surgery

Reduction of wide shoulders can be effectively achieved through shoulder narrowing surgery. By removing a segment of the clavicle at its inner third, the width of the shoulders is brought in as the bone is put back together,pulling the shoulder closer to the clavicle. To remove an adequate length of clavicle bone surgical access is Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Secondary Hardware Removal Of Clavicle Osteotomies in Shoulder Narrowing Surgery

Background: Removal of a section of the horizontal length of the clavicle is an effective method for shoulder width reduction. (shoulder narrowing) After the segment of bone is removed a single superior plate or double plate fixation (superior and anterior plates) is applied for bone fixation to allow primary bone healing. These plates are strong Read More…

Ensuring Optimal Alignment in Clavicle Reduction Osteotomies in Shoulder Narrowing Surgery

Clavicle reduction is a very effective technique for a shoulder narrowing effect. And in many aspects it is a straightforward procedure…remove a segment of bone, put it back together and let it heal. The result is instantaneous as the surgery site is on the opposite end of the clavicle where the effect is going to Read More…

Comparing Clavicle Reduction Osteotomies for Shoulder Narrowing to Clavicle Fractures

The clavicle is the bone that maintains a solid separation between the sternum and the shoulder. Because of its horizontal orientation it is exposed to trauma and clavicle fractures are a well known injury of which almost everyone is aware of whether they have had a clavicle fracture or not. What is also well known Read More…

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…