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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...
The skull has many normal raised areas particularly around its lower base. One of these is the mastoid process which is located behind the ear. The derivation of the mastoid name comes from the Greek word for breast with refers to its shape. This conical bony process is on the lower end of the temporal Read More…
Occipital knob skull reduction is an aesthetic head reshaping procedure that removes a prominent inion. The inion is the small knob of bone that exists in everyone at the bottom of the occipital bone in the center to which the superficial neck muscle fibers attach. In some people, more commonly men, this knob of bone Read More…
The Golden Ratio is a well known mathematical concept that has long been described as an essential component of beauty in nature. It is a controversial concept in terms of whether it truly exists in whatever one is studying whether it is anatomy or architecture. The Golden Ratio concept has been recently applied to the Read More…
Custom facial and skull implants provide broad surface bone and soft tissue coverage with implant designs that can not be achieved with standard preformed implants. This almost always means the implant covers a larger surface area than standard implants, not necessarily that it is thicker although it may be. Because these custom implants are bigger, Read More…
Background: The most effective method of aesthetic skull augmentation is a custom implant approach. By preoperative design using the patient’s 3D CT scan, a smooth surfaced implant with the desired surface area coverage can be made. The most difficult decision in the design of a custom skull implant is its volume. How big should the Read More…
Human bones are well known to have a white color. This is seen as more white on skeletal models than in a live person where it is often more of an off white, grey white and rarely an off white with a yellowish hue. Such bone coloration comes from its calcium phosphate content which refracts Read More…
Background: Head size is typically determined by a circumferential measurement taken just above the ears. In adults this can be anywhere from 55cms (small) to 60cms which would be considered large. Gender differences also expectedly exists with men’s head size being about 10% bigger than females in average. (men = 56 – 60cms, women = Read More…
Background: The sagittal suture is a well recognized connective tissue joint that runs down the middle of the skull between the parietal bones. It intersects anteriorly with the coronal suture and posteriorly with the lambdoidal suture. These front and back intersections also represent the original anterior and posterior fontanelle. (soft spots) The sagittal suture gets Read More…
Background: Enlarging the size of the head must take into consideration multiple issues. The first is what zones of the head need to be augmented. (top, back, front and sides) The second is how much augmentation can be done in a single surgery given the stretch of the scalp to permit it. And thirdly, if Read More…
Asymmetry of the face and skull is often stated to be the ‘norm’. In fact, many plastic surgeons say that not only is facial asymmetry common it also adds character and uniqueness to those who have it. When face or skull asymmetry exists it commonly occur together as the crania facial skeleton develops in 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...