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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 concept of shoulder narrowing by removing a segment of the clavicle bone is straightforward. Since the clavicle is a horizontally oriented bone that keeps the shoulder from collapsing into the sternum, shortening its length will move the outer contour of the shoulders inward. And as a result there is a good correlation between the Read More…
There are many anatomic components that influence the shape of the eye. One of the most significant and commonly modified is that of the outer corner of the eye. The well known procedures of canthopexy and canthoplasty are widely used although there is frequent patient confusion as to the difference between them. At their most Read More…
Management of the tip of the nose in rhinoplasty surgery is the most dimensionally complex of all its potential shape changes. It is also open to high levels of scrutiny as it surrounded by easily identifiable landmarks as in the nostrils, columella and the protruding tip. There are two basic dimensional projection changes of the Read More…
Chin asymmetries are not rare and can occur by a variety of developmental issues. The lower jaw can have developed with two different sized rami which becomes evident at the most anterior projecting point of the chin with its deviation to the shorter ramus side. The jawline behind the chin may be symmetric but the Read More…
The most successful method for cheek augmentation in most males is augmentation along the infraorbital-zygomatic arch line using an infraorbital-malar (IOM) implant. Since this creates a line of horizontal bone enhancement across the cheek area, it successfully creates the often sought after high cheekbone look. This is in contrast to what a standard oval cheek Read More…
Shoulder reduction surgery works by accessing the inner third of the clavicle bone and reducing its length by a measured ostectomy. To do this requires an incision over the clavicle, which by one’s own feel, the soft tissue over the bone feels fairly thin. In reality it is much thicker than it feels. Regardless, an Read More…
Custom infraorbital-malar (IOM) implants have expanded the augmentation options for the midface. Creating an implant footprint from under the eye and out onto the zygomatic arch provides a horizontal line of augmentation that uniquely treats undereye and cheekbone deficiencies. It is also responsible for creating the popular high cheekbone look. When placing custom IOM implants Read More…
While there is frequent debate about the need for screw fixation for facial implants, there really is no debate on their use when it comes to jaw angle implants. The jaw angle region is a difficult area to create an adequate subperiosteal pocket and the strong effects of masseter muscle contraction make for a high Read More…
A fundamental component of any lower facelift surgery are the incisions placed in and around the ear. These incisions do not completely encircle the ear but usually approximate about 75% of its perimeter. Through these incisions the skin flaps are raised and the SMAS flaps elevated for bidirectional facial tissue lifting. But regardless of the Read More…
Significant brow bone reduction requires more than a burring technique. The thickness of the bone over the frontal sinus is too thin to permit more than a few millimeters of brow bone reduction. A bone flap setback technique is the definitive brow bone reduction method. By removing the entire bone cover over the frontal sinus 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...