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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...
Cosmetic skull deformities encompass a wide variety of concerns from flatness, pointy or high spots, ridges, bulges and asymmetries. But one of the most common head shape concerns is the flat back of the head. This specifically refers to varying degrees of lack of occipital projection, usually occupying an area between the top of Read More…
Background: Loss of the frontal or forehead bone can occur for a variety of reasons, usually from depressed fractures or loss of a craniotomy flap from infection. With removal of the protective bone cover, the brain and its dural covering sit directly up against the skin not only creating an obvious depression but pulsating Read More…
Background: The shape of the head is largely determined by the skull that lies underneath it. Its normal oblong shape is created by the multiples plates of skull bone formed in utero that only formally fuse together after birth. The rapidly developing and expanding brain has great influence on forming the skull shape, much like Read More…
When one thinks of cosmetic surgery, the thought rarely goes to any form of skull contouring. While the world is full of a wide variety of head shapes, there is no uniform size or measurement to determine a pleasing cranial contour. But there is a certain oblong and curvilinear shape to most of the Read More…
One of the techniques for contouring of the skull is augmentative cranioplasty. This is where the skull or forehead is built out through the use of a variety of synthetic materials. While bone would seem to be a logical choice, it is associated with resorption when used as an onlay not to mention the need Read More…
Background:It is not uncommon for someone to have a small ‘lump or bump’ on their head. There are numerous things that it can be with the most common being a scalp cyst from the skin or hair follicles or a growth on the bony skull. Skull growths are usually benign bony tumors referred to as Read More…
Background:The forehead occupies the upper third of the face and has variable degrees of convexity based on gender and genetics. It is structurally composed of very strong bicortical bone at its upper two-thirds and the much weaker aerated brow bones at its lower third underneath the eyebrows. While the forehead can resist significant forces, Read More…
Background: The shape of one’s skull is not often thought of as a major cosmetic issue. Much of this is because it is largely hidden by hair in most women and in many young men. But with hair loss in men and the contemporary hairstyle of total scalp shaving, the shape of one’s skull Read More…
Cranioplasty is done for making contouring changes to the cranial vault, which is defined as the skull, forehead and brow bones. Common causes for the need for cranioplasty are congenital deformities (after primary reconstruction), neurosurgical bone flaps, and traumatic injuries. When done for these reasons an open approach is always used as there is usually Read More…
Defects of the outer skull produces indentations and depressions in the scalp or forehead. Skull deformities can be caused by a variety of sources including craniotomy surgery, fractures, and muscle atrophy (if in the temporal region) While hair can cover many of these issues, some patients will seek reconstruction of these cosmetic defects. Building 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...