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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...
Aesthetic augmentation of the head can now be effectively done using custom skull implants made from a 3D CT scan. With 3D designing software the zone of skull augmentation can be clearly identified and an implant designed to cover it and create an improved head shape. This is a far superior technique to the use Read More…
Custom skull implants can be designed in virtually any shape or thickness. But just because it can be so designed does not mean that it can be safely placed or maintained. The ultimate success of any skull implant, particularly larger ones, is that the overlying scalp must have adequate stretch to accommodate it. This is Read More…
Augmentation of the outer contours of the skull, commonly referred to as cranioplasty, has been done using a wide variety of biomaterials. The different types of materials used speaks to the great tolerance of this body area to implants in general and is the result of the superb blood supply of the scalp and skull Read More…
Background: Early cranial vault surgery for a variety of congenital craniosynostosis disorders has been done for over thirty years. Such surgery is done at an early because the bone is thin enough to be able to be removed and reshaped and the dura covering of the brain has some remaining osteogenic potential. This means that Read More…
Skull implants today can be designed to cover any surface area of the skull that needs to be augmented. Utilizing the patient’s 3D CT scan, its design and size is only limited by the limitations imposed by the elasticity of the scalp. (how much can the scalp stretch to accommodate what lies underneath it) Typically Read More…
Background: Custom skull implants provide the most effective method for any form of skull augmentation. By creating a preformed implant with the shape and thicknesses one thinks can most effectively greater the desired augmentation effect, a smaller scalp incision is needed than if the augmentation had to be created by the traditional application of bone Read More…
Custom 3D implants are, by far, the most effective method for any form of aesthetic skull augmentation. By creating a preformed implant that has a presurgically chosen shape and thicknesses based on the patient’s actual bony skull anatomy and aesthetic desires, this removes the inaccuracies that naturally come from intraoperatively fashioned augmentations that are made Read More…
Background: Osteomas are well known benign bony outgrowths that commonly occur on the skull. They are composed of mature solid bone that appears an a ballooning or circular outcropping from the skull’s surface. Their growth is slow and their progression in size is of one of years. They are reported to most commonly occur between Read More…
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…
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...