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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 skull has five basic bony surfaces. The forehead, top and back of the head are exclusively bone surfaces while the paired side of the head is covered by a thick muscular layer. (temporalis muscle) This anatomic difference has great relevance when it comes to performing various skull augmentation procedures. While placing a skull Read More…
The custom skull implant provides the most effective method of correction of various flat skull areas (e.g., planiocephaly) or a desire for a larger skull shape. Such computer-designed implants made from a solid silicone material offer the most advantages in skull augmentation because they can be placed through the smallest scalp incision…an important consideration in Read More…
Aesthetic augmentation of the skull can be done on any of its five surfaces using a custom implant approach. Based on a 3D skull CT scan virtually any implant can be designed within the limits of how much the scalp can stretch to accommodate it. While the design possibilities are considerable there are no established Read More…
Background: The occipital knob is the protrusion of bone that occurs in the midline at the bottom of the back of the skull. Everyone has an occipital knob but it usually becomes much bigger and noticeable in some men. This may be due to the short hair that men have that makes it more noticeable Read More…
Custom skull implants are the most contemporary and effective method for correction of various flat spots on the head. One of the most common locations to do so is the back of the head which is the common affected skull region due to in utero and after birth head positioning. While there are limits as Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly, or cranioscoliosis, affects the entire shape of the skull in a very predictable way. Depending upon the rotation of the developing head on a vertical axis (clockwise vs counter clockwise) the flat side of the back of the head creates protrusion on the same side on the front of the head. (forehead) Most Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to a wide variety of aesthetic shape deformities that are readily visible in the contemporary short hair or shaved head male. While many of these shape issues are random some do fall into general categories that have a very specific developmental cause. As a result I often see them with Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is a well known congenital skull deformity that is best described as a cranioscoliosis effect. This simply means that the skull is rotated on his vertical axis resulting in a twisted appearance. This creates a classic skull shape seen as flat on one side of the back of the head (more severe) followed Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to developing undesired ‘lumps and bumps’ which are aesthetically bothersome because they disrupt an otherwise smooth head surface. Such bony protrusions are abnormally raised spot areas of bone that can be reduced by a direct burring approach. While not pathologic these type of skull protrusions represent overgrowths of normal outer Read More…
Treatment for varying degrees of flatness of the back of the head is the most common form of aesthetic skull augmentation. Done today using a custom design approach for the correction the optimal amount of back of head asymmetry and overall augmentation can be obtained. The relevant question with custom skull implants, now that the 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...