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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...
In large skull augmentations there is a necessity for expanding the scalp to accommodate its volume. This is done by a first stage scalp expander process using a specially designed ‘balloon’ that acts much like the pregnancy process. While the expander requires surgical placement the expansion process is done by the patient over the following Read More…
Background: The concept of skull reduction is like the reduction of almost any skeletal structure in the body…there are limits. The length and thickness of the anatomy is one controlling factor along with how well the overlying soft tissues shrink and contract down around the reduced bone. Thus most aesthetic reductions have to be given Read More…
Custom skull implants are the definitive treatment for elective aesthetic skull augmentations. Besides the surface area coverage, shape and thickness of the implant the other important consideration is the capacity of the scalp to accommodate it. This is based on how much the scalp can stretch which varies amongst patients based on the thickness of Read More…
Background: The five surfaces of the skull are prone to a wide variety of surface contour irregularities. In theory all five surfaces could be equally affected by these shape deformations but that is not so. Three of the five skull surfaces are completely bony but the sides are covered with muscle. Since almost all skull Read More…
Background: The back of the head is typically perceived as being made up of the occipital skull bone. But this is not completely accurate. This large unpaired bone is the most posterior part of the skull and does makes up a significant part of its posterior wall. But the upper part of the back of Read More…
Background: The skull is simplistically a collection of five almost flat to very convex surfaces. All of these skull surfaces usually have smooth outer contours but are prone to a wide variety of possible irregularities from either congenital, traumatic or pathologic origins. A significant number of such surface contour irregularities are related to the suture Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to a wide variety of aesthetically undesired shapes from areas of flatness to excessive prominences. Many of these appear in specific patterns and can be given descriptive names by their presentation. Some are associated with an adjoining suture line. While congenital craniosynostoses skull deformities are the most well known they Read More…
Background: Patients concerned about their head shape, particularly that of deficiencies (areas of flatness), have a long standing time period of awareness. Almost every skull augmentation patient I have treated tells the story of their concern and it almost always dates back to their childhood or teenage years. In men it can be a more Read More…
Most aesthetic skull augmentations are of a significant enough magnitude that the only effective treatment is a custom skull implant. Whether it is the volume or the shape of the needed skull augmentation a reshaped implant made from the patient’s 3D CT scan is the way to go for most patients. But some patients do Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is the most recognized and frequently occurring aesthetic skull deformity. While it affects the head overall it greatest aberration in skull shape is posteriorly. Flatness of the back of the head is the sine qua non of plagiocephaly for most patients which is where it is usually seen most significantly.Often called occipital flattening 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...