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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...
One of the more common aesthetic skull reshaping procedures is that of the sagittal ridge or crest. This is a raised area of midline bone that occurs due to a thickened sagittal suture line. It almost always starts posteriorly and extends a variable distance forward. Most of the time its height decreases back to normal Read More…
Custom skull implants have proven to be the superior method for aesthetic head shape changes. Between a preoperative thought process as to the area of skull coverage and the necessary shape and dimensions needed for the desired aesthetic effecet, it provides an assured smooth outer surface with feathered edges. Despite all of these advantages the Read More…
The sagittal suture runs down the middle of the skull from the forehead back to the crown area. The deformity of the sagittal suture that is most widely recognized is that of sagittal craniosynotosis. But by far the more common deformity of the sagittal suture, and one that is far more minor than synostosis, is Read More…
The occipital knob skull deformity appears as a prominent bump on the back of the head. It is an enlarged inion bone which all of us have but some more so than others. It is clearly more likely to become prominent in men than women. What makes the inion become enlarged to the point of Read More…
Background: Occipital plagiocephaly is one of the most common aesthetic head shape concerns. While it affects the overall head shape and even the face frontally in some patients, overwhelmingly it is the flatter side of the back of the head that is most patient’s main priority to correct. Men present more commonly than women for Read More…
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…
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...