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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 back of the head is exposed to numerous deforming forces both in utero as well as after birth. Given that laying on the back of the head is necessary to some degree in many non-vertical positions, the early influences of positioning in utero and early in the first year of life on soft Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants provide a new method for changing the shape of the head through their ability to add volume in a controlled preoperatively designed fashion. By definition this makes the scalp tighter. That is certainly true initially although some scalp relaxation undoubtably occurs later. This is well known to me as some skull Read More…
Background: Flatness on one side of the back of the head is known as occipital plagiocephaly and can occur for a variety or reasons. In utero positioning and infant sleep positions are two of the most common etiologies. Regardless of its cause its presence is of aesthetic significance only when seen in an adult. While Read More…
Background: At its most simplistic level, aesthetic skull augmentation uses an implant to push off the outer bony cortex to create an overlying soft tissue expansion the scalp. Like every form of aesthetic face and body augmentation the ability of the soft tissues to stretch and be displaced outward is ultimately what creates the change Read More…
Background: Total skull augmentation, or enlargement of the entire head, is an uncommon procedure amongst all types of skull reshaping procedures. Almost always expanding the outer surface of the skull in a near 180 degree manner requires a first stage scalp expansion procedure to ensure a competent scalp incision closure. A prior skull augmentation procedure Read More…
Skull reshaping entails a variety of different procedures to effect minor to major head reshaping. Such procedures can fundamentally be divided into either augmentative or reductive surgery. Skull reduction procedures mainly involve bone but can also include soft tissue as well in some cases. One such skull area is that of the parietal eminence. This Read More…
Custom skull implants provide one of the most effective methods to treat a side variety of head shape abnormalities. Made from a 3D CT scan they provide a preoperative design that hopefully adequately addresses the patient’s aesthetic head shape concerns. Because of their custom design, most cases do not require any intraoperative adjustment for either Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly, also known as cranioscoliosis, is one of the most recognized skull shape abnormalities deformities. It has a relatively common occurrence amongst all the possible congenital skull deformities. While it affects the entire skull shape its greatest effect and patient concern is often on the back of the head. Asymmetry and variable amounts of Read More…
Background: The size of one’s head or skull is largely genetically driven unless there are congenital brain or skull deformities involved. Head sizes vary greatly amongst all people and even amongst gender, race and geographic location. There is no known intellectual differences between the broad normal range of head sizes that occur. The interpretation of Read More…
Correction of flat and asymmetric back of the head deformities is unequivocally best done with a custom skull implant. Made from the patient’s 3D skull CT scan, the outline of the skull augmentation needed and the point of maximal projection and symmetric shape can be best achieved. With a preformed skull implant, like any other 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...