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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...
Custom skull implants have become a standard technique in my plastic surgery practice for making many aesthetic skull shape changes. Prior to their use, while skull reshaping surgery was possible, it involved the use of much longer scalp incisions and the use of intraoperatively fashioned biomaterials that had a much higher rate of contour issues Read More…
Skull implants are a versatile treatment strategy for a variety of head augmentation concerns. Made from the patient’s 3D CT scan they can be designed to provide increases in skull projection that are only limited by the stretch of one’s scalp. One of the not uncommon indications for custom skull implants is to increase the Read More…
Background: Deficiencies of the crown area of the head are unique to females. They often compensate for such skull height deficiencies through hair style camouflage techniques. Two definitive treatment is a custom skull implant made from a 3D CT scan. While not being able to add unlimited increases in skull height due to the limitations Read More…
The width of the head is determined by how wide it is above the ears. This is known as the temporal region and consists of a very uniquely shaped temporal bone and varying thicknesses of the temporals muscle over it. By the eye the temporal bone is very concave and the temporalis muscle is correspondingly Read More…
Background: Augmenting skull or head shape deficiencies used to be fairly impractical. The traditional method of cranioplasty surgery involved long scalp incisions and the tedious application of bone cements to add shape to the head. Besides the scar there was a very high rate of contour irregularities and a lack of adequate augmentation effect. This Read More…
Custom skull implants have become in my practice an effective and low risk strategy for many aesthetic skull shape concerns. Compared to any other implant used above the shoulders, skull implants are comparatively large which is appropriate given the size of the skull. But a small implant just isn’t going to work for many head Read More…
Background: While skull surgery has been around for more than a century, such surgeries have been done for reconstructive reasons to replace missing portions or correct significant congenital skull shape deformities. Aesthetic skull surgery, however, is much more recent and consists of reducing prominent bony areas or improving its shape through augmentation materials. The use Read More…
The size of one’s head is most significantly influenced by the shape of the skull. While there are soft tissues that also envelope it, its size is a reflection of its overall dimensions and convexity. As a result, major reductions (1 cm or greater) in skull size or specific bony areas is not possible without Read More…
Background: The correction of congenital skull deformities with early cranial vault reconstruction is a well established surgical therapy. Such early skull manipulations are based on two fundamental principles of the infant’s skull. First, the bone is thin and can fairly easily be removed, reshaped and re-inserted. Secondly, the osteogenic regenerative power of the dura at Read More…
The use of custom skull implants has revolutionized the treatment of many aesthetic skull deformities. Being able to precisely locate the defect and design an implant from the patient’s 3D CT scan that can augment it provides an unparalleled accuracy in improving head shape contours. This is particularly effective in skull asymmetries or augmenting skull 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...