Category: postoperative instructions | shoulder widening

Postoperative Instructions – Clavicle Lengthening (Shoulder Masculinization) Surgery

POSTOPERATIVE INSTRUCTIONS Clavicular Lengthening Osteotomies (Shoulder Masculinization Surgery) Most patients will need some narcotic pain medication after surgery. You will be given a pain prescription prior to surgery with instructions for its use. Take as needed and a 2nd prescription can be provided if needed. The application of ice over the taped inner shoulder incisions Read More…

Plastic Surgery Case Study – Male Clavicle Lengthening (Shoulder Widening) by Sagittal Split Osteotomy Technique

Background: Clavicle lengthening is one type of shoulder reshaping surgery with the intent of creating a more masculine upper torso appearance. While increased shoulder width is one of the desired effects, changing a rounded shape to a more square or angular shoulder appearance is equally important. Small clavicle lengths create rounder shoulders with a more Read More…

Technical Strategies – Curved Low Profile Plate For Clavicle Reduction Osteotomies for Shoulder Width Reduction

Shoulder width reduction is effectively done by shortening the length of the clavicle. As the only horizontally oriented bone in the body its length largely establishes the distance between the sternum and the shoulder. By removing 2 to 3cm segment of the inner third of the clavicle the shoulder moves inward as the bone is Read More…

Clavicle Lengthening Osteotomy Patterns for Shoulder Widening Surgery

Reduction in shoulder width (shoulder narrowing surgery) has recently evolved into a safe and effective technique by removing a segment of the clavicle bone. By reducing each clavicle in length by 2 to 3cm the external shoulder size (bideltoid width) is equally narrowed. The two cut blunt ends of the clavicle, when put back together Read More…