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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: The occipital bone is the most posterior projection of the skull. It is a curved bone of which only its upper half is seen externally. Its lower half extends inferiorly beneath the thick neck muscles and provides the aperture for the spinal column. The upper half of the occipital bone has a superior border Read More…
Background: The top of the head typically has a smooth convex surface from the front view. While the midline is its highest point it has a gentle slope down to the temporal lines which serve a more acute change onto the side of the head. In the aesthetic peaked head shape the top of the Read More…
Background: In the congenitally narrow head the sides appear not wide enough for the height of the skull. This is most easily seen in the forehead and anterior temporal area which appears ’pinched’ or indented. One’s hair may hide the rest of the narrow side of the head but it usually extends all the way Read More…
Background: Dramatic head shape changes are achievable with the use of custom skull implants. Part of their success depends on the ability of the overlying scalp to accommodate the push of the underlying onlay implant volume. Since the bone and the implant are stable structures it is up to the scalp to change its shape Read More…
Background: One of the most common areas for aesthetic skull augmentation is the back of the head. This is more true in men than women if for no other reason than it is more exposed due to short or no hair styles. But the back of the head can have differing degrees of flatness as Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull augmentation can be done by either PMMA bone cement or a custom made skull implant. Each has advantages and disadvantages as a skull implant material. The question is never which biomaterial is safer, as they are both biocompatible, but which one is more effective. That would depend on the type of skull Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull augmentations consist of placing various materials on top of the surfaces of the skull to change its external shape. In the history of plastic surgery this skull augmentation material has been PMMA bone cement, one of the few true plastic materials used in aesthetic and reconstructive surgery. While originally intended as a Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is a unique form of craniofacial asymmetry and its probably the best known because of its syndromic presentation from its axial twisting developmental pattern. With predominant symptom of a flat back of the head on one side (right more frequently than left), which is often the major issue, there is a series of Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants have revolutionized any form of aesthetic head augmentation. Having a preformed design with an assured smooth shape creates head shape changes that were heretofore impossible without major scalp incisions and the use of synthetic bone cements in large quantities. In an indirect way it is a lot like breast implants (although Read More…
Background: The flat back of the head is one of the most common aesthetic skull deformities seen. Although there is no biologic reason that it would occur more in men than women, most flat back of the head patients I see for treatment are men. The reason of course that more men present for treatment 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...