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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: There are numerous types of lumps and bumps that can occur on the skull, many of which have a defined origin and precise location. One of these is the sagittal prominence, a midline crest or ridge of bone that can occur anywhere along the original sagittal suture line. A distant cousin to the more Read More…
A custom skull implant design based on the patient’s 3D CT scan is the best method for almost any aesthetic skull augmentation. As long as the volume of the skull implant does not exceed the ability of the scalp to stretch to accommodate it any shape or size implants can be designed. This makes many Read More…
Background: Despite the successes achieved with all custom skull implants, the exact aesthetic outcome can never be known with absolute certainty. In addition patients may well have achieved their initial goal, or come very close to it, but desire to get even closer to it or even exceed it if possible. Either waif the issue Read More…
Background: Elective skull augmentations are done for a variety of indications most of which are due to aesthetic head shape concerns. Such concerns are simply the way the head developed without any specific reason why. But one event after birth that can change the shape of the head is invasive skull surgery, specifically craniotomies. They Read More…
The skull appears as an oblong convex shape. Within this shape it is made up of five surfaces which are the forehead, top of the head, back of the head and the two sides. What really separates these surfaces are the long paired bony temporal lines that run from the side of the brow bone Read More…
There are a variety of basic head shape abnormalities in adults of which the narrow head shape is one of them. The narrow head shape is most commonly perceived by having diminished width from one temporal area to the other in the front view. (bitemporal width) This can often involve the forehead and/or back of Read More…
Background: While the front of the skull (forehead) has several notable bony features, the topography of the back of the skull is less appreciated. Part of this lack of recognition is that it is the most difficult area of the skull to see and because its potential bony features only appear when they are Read More…
One of the most common requests for skull augmentation is for a flat back of the head. In many cases this is for an asymmetric flattening known as plagiocephaly. But in others it is for a symmetric flattening better known as brachycephaly. In the non-synostotic forms of brachycephaly the back of the head lacks projection Read More…
Background: One of the most common aesthetic skull deformities is a flat back of the head. Such flatness can occur in a variety of ways of which the most common is when it affects just one side. (plagiocephaly) The other type of flatness is when it affects both sides, technically known as brachycephaly. Although in Read More…
Background: Large augmentative skull implants are indicated when there is a congenitally head shape deformity that lacks height as well as width. When these dimensional increases are significant such cases almost always requires a first stage scalp expansion or having had a prior skull implant in place. Despite the relatively large size of the implant 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...