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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...
Skull augmentation is an essential procedure in aesthetic skull reshaping surgery. While onlay cranioplasty (aka skull augmentation) can be done by using a variety of synthetic materials, larger expansions of the skull’s outer surface are most reliably done using 3D custom implant designs. Using the patient’s 3D CT scan, a custom skull implant can Read More…
Background: The skull is prone to having numerous types of irregularities on its many surfaces. Bumps and indentations are common and can occur from natural development or from later trauma after birth. The fusion of the various skull plates and anterior and posterior fontanelles affords the opportunity for such skull irregularities to occur. One such Read More…
Background: Plagiocephaly is a well known congenital condition that results in a variety of craniofacial skeletal malformations. One of the most consistent findings is that of flatness of the back of the head. This flatness occurs as a result of the overall twisting rotation of the skull around its vertical axis. The flatness on one Read More…
The reduction of skull lumps and bump is a not uncommon request in skull reshaping surgery. Raised areas of the skull can occur for a variety of reasons although the most common is congenital, being just the way that the skull formed. One unique type of skull lump is not really a lump at all. Read More…
Skull reconstruction in young children is almost always done by bone reshaping operations. For common craniofacial deformities like numerous forms of craniosynostosis, the deformed bones are removed and put back in a reshaped fashion to allow for brain growth to continue to mold the developing skull shape. But once the child reaches several years of Read More…
One aspect of skull reshaping surgery are reductive procedures. This could be the removal of bone or muscle depending upon where the skull shape excess exists. Most skull reduction surgeries involve the removal of bone and they consist of either larger surface areas to reduce an overall prominence or are more of a ‘spot reduction’ Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull can be highly variable. It can have many presentations due to growth and the influences of external pressures in utero as well as after birth. Most of the time skull shape anomalies do not have much difference in the thickness of the bone. The head shape may be unusual Read More…
Background: The shape of the top of the head is highly influenced by the development and growth of the sagittal suture. This cranial suture lies between the anterior and posterior fontanelles (soft spots) that are present at birth and close shortly thereafter. Premature fusion of the entire sagittal suture produces a well known congenital skull Read More…
Background: There are many procedures that can be done to rebuild the skull including bone replacement and external bone reshaping. (cranioplasty) With today’s computer technology large segments of the skull can be replaced by a variety of materials including HTR, PEEK and PEKK materials. While there are surgeon advocates for all of these materials, I Read More…
Background: Aesthetic skull augmentation can be done for a wide variety of deficient skull shape concerns. Changes can be made in skull height, skull width and frontal and posterior skull projection. In rare cases and with the use of a first stage scalp tissue expander, the entire skull can be augmented through a circumferential effect. 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...