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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...
Background: When one thinks of improving the shape of the lower jaw it is important to consider what exact dimensional changes are needed at its corners to achieve the desired effect. What are the 3D changes that are needed at the chin and jaw angles? Once this is known then the correct surgery can be Read More…
Background: One uncommon and not well known method of aesthetic jaw augmentation is a combined autologous-alloplastic approach. This combines the only aesthetic method of a jaw osteotomy with jaw implants. This means a bony genioplasty for the front of the jaw and custom implants for the back of the jaw. The indication for this type of Read More…
Background: Aesthetic augmentation of the jawline (lower jaw) is primarily done by implants. For the back part of the jaw (jaw angles) there are no autologous options so implants remain the only method. The chin, however, is different where implants and osteotomies have existed for a long time. This means in total jawline augmentation one Read More…
The well known sliding genioplasty is sometimes selected by patients because they wish to avoid a submental scar from a chin implant. The incision location may not be the primary reason but may on the list of several motivations for choosing a bony chin augmentation procedure.While an intraoral incision avoids a scar it has its Read More…
Background: The differences between a chin implant and a sliding genioplasty go beyond the differences in the invasiveness of the surgery. While in small amounts of chin augmentation their aesthetic effects may be fairly similar, these changes when more significant chin augmentation changes are needed are different. As a general guideline chin implants were designed Read More…
Background: The most common aesthetic vertical deficiency of the face affects its lower third. While the chin is usually associated with a horizontal deficiency it can also be effected by a vertical one as well. While many horizontal chin deficiencies have a vertical component, the purely vertically short chin is more uncommon and often underdiagnosed Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is a well known chin augmentation that is most commonly performed in younger male and female patients. Besides the greater invasiveness of the procedure what really separates it from a chin implant is its effects on the submental or anterior neck region. By pulling the chin bone forward the attached soft tissues Read More…
Background: In placing a chin implant there are two approaches, intraoral and submental incisional access. Each has their advantages and disadvantages. What is most obvious to the patient is that the intraoral approach avoids an external scar with a somewhat higher risk of infection. The submental approach has a lower risk of infection but at Read More…
Background: There are numerous factors to consider in chin augmentation from the method (implant vs osteotomy), material if an implant is used, to the dimensional changes required to achieve the desired effect. Despite the variety of options available successful results can be achieved with a wide variety of combinations of these factors provided it is Read More…
Background: The sliding genioplasty is usually the treatment of choice for many significantly short chin patients. A a general rule when the amount of horizontal chin projection is near 10mm or more, the sliding genioplasty provides a more effective augmentation with a much lower risk of infection. For women in particular who prefer to keep 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...