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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...
Flattening of the back of the head is one of the most common aesthetic skull deformities. It can occur either as a total or bilateral flattening of the back of the head (occipital brachycephaly) or on just one side. (occipital plagiocephaly) The actual occurrences of either type of occipital skull deformity is not known and Read More…
Background: Various forms of skull augmentation have become a common procedure in my practice. From flatness on the back of the head, a narrow head width, the desire for greater skull height and shape to a more projecting forehead and/or brows, custom skull implants can more than adequately meet these needs with a safe and Read More…
Background: The back of the head is usually a smooth convex shape. While the amount of convexity will vary amongst different people, protrusions on its outer surface are not usually seen as aesthetically desirable. Thus the discrete occipital knob deformity stands out. The occipital knob deformity is a well known central bony protrusion just above Read More…
Background: There are many different varieties of aesthetic skull shape issues in the adult. While most are from congenital issues related to head molding and are more ‘minor’ in the severity of their expression, some are from variations of true skull pathologies known as crniosynostosis. This is where the sutures that exist between the plates Read More…
Reconstruction of the skull can be done using a variety of alloplastic materials. Over the years synthetic cranioplasties have evolved from solid metal plates to bone cements to computer-generated implant replacements of lost bone. While some techniques are most historic than others, each still has a role to play in contemporary cranioplasty surgery. When there Read More…
Background: The use of custom skull implants for a wide variety of aesthetic head shape concerns has proven to be a a successful treatment strategy. Using a computer design process on the patient’s 3D CT of their skull, the surface area coverage and thickness of the implant can be precisely made. Such designs must take Read More…
Background: A flat back of head is one of the most common aesthetic skull problems that is treated. It is best augmented with a custom skull implant made from the patient’s 3D CT scan. This lessens dramatically the aesthetic risks of implant irregularities and edge transitions as well as asymmetry of the contours of the Read More…
Background: The size of one ’s head is a personal matter based on how one sees it. Some people feel their head is too big while others feel it is too small. While there are specific ratios and numbers for head to face size, what ultimately matters is how the person themselves see it. I Read More…
Background: Most scalp reconstructions are done for the need to recreate a full-thickness scalp layer. Replacing a full-thickness scalp wound requires all layers of the scalp and must be done by either tissue expansion or rotation flaps of adjacent scalp or the microvascular transfer of distant tissue. Most partial thickness scalp defects are missing some Read More…
In any form of skull reshaping surgery scalp incisions are needed. While every effort is made to keep them as short in length as possible, some incisional length is needed with a resultant scar. Such scalp scars are unavoidable The question from patients is always what does the scar look like and how does it 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...