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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...
The skull develops its shape from a variety of influences including genetics, sutural development, the growth of the underlying brain and external molding forces. While the shape of the skull has recognizeable normal characteristics, it is prone to wide variations in its dimensions and no two people have exactly the same looking head. But, in Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull is affected by numerous factors including genetics, in utero skull pressures, post delivery head positioning and growth of the brain. In general, the skull has an oblong shape that is slightly wider in the back than the front. While there is no uniform aesthetic standard for a pleasing skull Read More…
Background: While there are many different cosmetic skull shape deformities, one of the most common is that of a flat back of the head. The slope of the back of head can be flat either in a completely vertical plane (lack of posterior projection) but most commonly is more of an exaggerated slope from the Read More…
The use of skull reshaping with cranioplasty techniques that use synthetic materials dates back for over five decades. While the use of bone grafts is never an option in aesthetic skull procedures, it often is not an option in skull reconstruction either due to the size of the skull defect. This makes the use of Read More…
Of all the non-craniosynostotic developmental skull deformities that exist, by far the most common is occipital plagiocephaly. This refers to a flattening on one side of the back of the head. While the deformity may be greatest on the flattest part of the occiput, its effects go beyond the flat skull area. Usually there is Read More…
Dr. Eppley, I just had to email you and the whole staff and thank you all for doing such a great job during my visit. This was the first time I ever had any type of surgery and we all know how nervous the word surgery can make a person. I was nervous the night before Read More…
Skull reshaping surgery is done to create a more normal skull shape and contours. It achieves this goal through the application to the outside of the skull of either augmentation (by adding materials), reducing bone or a combination of both techniques. Most skull reshaping techniques require an open incisional approach to be done. The following Read More…
Every plastic surgery procedure has numerous issues that every patient who is undergoing a procedure should know. These explanations are always on a consent form that you should read in detail before surgery. This consent form, while many perceive as strictly a legal protection for the doctor, is actually more intended to improve the Read More…
Background: The appearance of the skull has a wide variety of shapes. But it most commonly has a front to back oblong shape that has curved round shape from the front that is deemed the most aesthetically pleasing. The shape from ear to ear across the top of the head should be a smooth Read More…
Background: The shape of the skull frequently has various lumps and bumps of bone that stick up from an otherwise smooth surface. Many such bony protuberances have no specific reason for being in their location and are aesthetic nuisances that merely represent the way the skull formed and are present at a very early 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...