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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 most significant topographic feature of the back of the head are the nuchal lines. (nuchal meaning nape of the neck) The nuchal lines are a set of four horizontal fine ridges of bone that exist on the external surface of the occipital bone. The highest nuchal line, known as the Mempin line, is Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is the most recognizable type of skull deformity. It is usually associated with infants and children because this is when non-surgical and surgical treatments would be most effective to partially or totally reverse the abnormal skull shape. But many more patients affected by plagiocephaly never receive treatment or fail to get substantial improvement Read More…
Background: The occipital bone is associated with the back of the head and is generally believed that is the primary bone of it. In reality it makes up only a portion of the back of the head and is only located at the visible lower portion. When one realizes that the majority of the occipital Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull augmentations by the placement of an onlay material has a relatively short clinical history. The original skull augmentation material was PMMA bone cement which was borrowed from its much more common use in orthopedic surgery. As it name implies it is used as a cement by which joint replacements are secured into Read More…
Background: Major skull augmentations are most commonly requested in females. The maximum point of projection is almost always over the crown of the skull with the intent of creating a large internal ‘bumpit’. To create such a skull augmentation requires two essential ingredients…an implant method to create it and the scalp laxity to cover it. Read More…
The use of tissue expansion is a time honored technique in plastic surgery for scalp reconstruction. With loss of hair-bearing scalp due to trauma or oncologic resection stretching out the surrounding scalp to provide coverage for what was lost is one of the original uses of the tissue expansion concept. Its works particularly well in Read More…
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a common radiologic diagnostic test that has proven invaluable for evaluating soft tissue abnormalities, often used in the head and neck area. Because it does not expose the patient to radiation it is also considered a very safe study to undergo. But despite avoiding radiation an MRI does pose some Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants provide the most effective form of aesthetic head shape augmentation.While the preoperative computer design process allows a skull implant to be created in just about any shape there are limits as to its size or thickness. The overlying scalp does not have limitless stretch and its response to underlying volumetric effects Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull reshaping surgery consists of a wide variety of reductive and augmentative procedure for head shape concerns. One of the most common augmentative procedures is for the back of the head using a custom designed skull implant. This is done for concerns of asymmetry, lack of adequate projection or a combination of both. Read More…
Custom skull implants provide a contemporary method of aesthetic skull augmentation for a wide variety of head shape deficiencies. While the most common material for such custom skull implant is solid silicone, no skull augmentation material composition will allow tissue ingrowth. Tissue ingrowth should not be confused with tissue adhesion. Tissue ingrowth is where an 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...