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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 prone to a variety of shape deformations. Whether it is from the head position that the fetus lays in utero or how the child sleeps after birth, the early moldability of the skull bones can create less than a round appearance on the back of the head. The Read More…
Background: The most successful approach to skull augmentations is with a custom made implant from a 3D CT scan. It is critically important to cover a large surface area of the skull in a smooth and confluent manner to the bone which can only be done with a preoperatively done design based on the patient’s Read More…
The shape of the skull can be affected by a variety of irregularities that cause various elevations and depressions. Some of these are natural, some have occurred from minor amounts of trauma and other have been directly caused by some form of surgery. Most of these are modest in size and can always be felt Read More…
Aesthetic skull augmentations are done for both men and women. But there are gender differences in the types of skull augmentations that are done. The most common augmentations done in men are for a flat or asymmetric back of the head, a head shape symptom exposed by short haircuts or a shaved head. The most Read More…
Scalp incisions are a necessary part of any aesthetic skull reshaping procedure. Whether it is onlay augmentation with materials or bone reduction techniques, access to do the surgery and work under the scalp is necessary. But the resultant scalp scars in aesthetic skull surgery have much greater significance than it would for medically necessary neurosurgery Read More…
A flat back of the head occurs due to either congenital in utero fetal positioning or post birth neonatal/infant sleep habits. Certain ethnicities are more prone to it than others but all skulls can be reshaped at very early ages in adverse manner. One of the most common aesthetic skull deformities that has its origin Read More…
Background: The skull is usually depicted as having an oblong shape with an overall smooth surface. While this is usually true, it is prone to have numerous bony irregularities. Most of skull irregularities occur along its suture lines particlerly where the differ suture lines merge. This would be understandable as these are areas of bone Read More…
Background: The shape of the head is largely determined by the underlying bone. This is certainly true from the brow bones back to the nuchal ridge on the bsck of the head. This is less true on the sides of the head where the temporalis muscle makes a significant part of its thickness. But the Read More…
Background: The shape of the head in a female has important aesthetic significance. While the concept of having a ‘nice round head’ is perceived as an ideal head shape, the ideal woman’s head shape is much more of an oblong shape. But the area over the crown of the head is of particular significance as Read More…
Of all aesthetic skull reshaping surgeries in adults, correction of the flat back of the head is the most common. It is a skull shape deformation that is shared equally by women and men as well as crosses all ethnicities. It can be a complete flattening across the back of the heador it can 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...