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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: One of the most well known aesthetic skull deformities is plagiocephaly. One of the hallmarks of this skull shape abnormality is a flattened side of the back of the head. While the degree of occipital flattening varies widely most patients are other ed when the degree of bone angulation when seen from above exceeds Read More…
Background: The skull develops and is composed of multiple plates of bone that are connected by various suture lines. Developmentally the suture lines have the immediate effect of allowing bone overlap so the head can get through the birth canal. Secondarily it allows the skull bones to grow with the expanding brain and, once its Read More…
Background: The bottom of the back of the head (occiput) has numerous similarities to the brow bones of the front of the head. (forehead) They are both at the same horizontal level at the bottom of their primary bone plate ends (which is surprising to many), are locations for various muscular attachments, and can develop Read More…
The sagittal suture is the connective tissue joint between the two parietal bones of the skull. It is the midline cranial suture that connects the anterior and posterior fontanelle (soft spots) of the infant’s skull. While the fontanelles close quite early in life, the sagittal suture does not close until much later in life if Read More…
Plagiocephaly, also known as flat head syndrome, is a common skull shape abnormality. Occurring in over 200,000 reported newborns/infants per year in the U.S, it is a very treatable skull disorder with the use of early helmet therapy to help round out the head shape. But many people are either not diagnosed early enough for Read More…
Temporal Augmentation While the natural shape of the temples is slightly concave in both genders, females tend to have increased temporal concavities. Temporal concavities or hollowing are measured by making a straight line from the lateral bony temporal line of the forehead down to the zygomatic arch. The depth of the temporal skin below this Read More…
While the forehead has some prominent gender differences, the shape of the rest of the skull is less significant in that regard. But differences do exist and the general trend is that male head shapes are larger and broader while female head shapes are a little smaller and more round. The camouflage of hair can Read More…
Background: The skull has five surfaces or shapes which are open to aesthetic assessment. One of the most prominent in the male with a shaved head or closely cropped hair is the back of the head or the occipital skull. Often called the occiput or the occipital skull, technically this is not completely accurate when Read More…
Augmenting facial and skull bones can be done by a variety of alloplastic materials. These biomaterials separate into two basic categories, preformed implants (e.g., solid silicone, Medpor, ePTFE) and bone cements. For both the face and the skull the vast majority of aesthetic augmentations are done by preformed implants whose value has become enhanced by Read More…
Background: The occipital knob is a well recognized skull deformity with a central protrusion of bone at the bottom of the skull where the neck muscles attach. The knob is now by a variety of names such as inion or external occipital prominence. Like many common bony protrusions all over the craniofacial skeleton it has 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...