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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...
Rib cartilage provides a plentiful source of graft material for any rhinoplasty need. While its benefit is the volume it provides, its disadvantage is in its shape. Rib cartilage has variable thicknesses, is round in shape and is rarely straight. Carving it into the form needed for dorsal augmentation is always required and with that Read More…
The use of cartilage grafts is an essential need in many primary and revisional rhinoplasty surgeries. Most such grafts come from either direct anatomic proximity (septum) or from a regional source. (ear) But when these sites are inadequate due to lack of graft material or the volume of material exceeds their capacity, the more distant Read More…
Rhinoplasty frequently uses cartilage grafts to aid in the reshaping of the nose. They are used to either create a shape in the nose that did not exist before to providing support of native cartilage structures that have been altered. Most commonly septal cartilage is harvested and used, not only because of anatomic proximity, but Read More…
Shoulder reduction by removing a segment of the clavicle bone is an effective procedure for decreasing the bideltoid width. A 2.5 to 3cm segment of bone is removed from the inner third of each clavicle which is both the location of the thickest diameter of the bone as well as the most favorable location for Read More…
The custom infraorbital-malar implant is the most effective approach to treating undereye hollows and in creating a specific cheek augmentation look. (high cheekbone look) It provides a linear line of bone augmentation from the nose to the end of the zygomatic arch. In placing such an implant through a lower eyelid incision the pocket dissection Read More…
The buccal fat pad is as well known collection of facial fat that is the frequent site of surgical extraction. Unlike aesthetic fat removal from almost anywhere else in the body, which is by liposuction, the buccal fat pad is removed en bloc. Unlike subcutaneous fat and as the name implies it is a discrete Read More…
Jaw angles implants are the complement to chin implants for aesthetic enhancement of the back of the jaw. Custom jawline implants is the best option for complete lower facial augmentation. Besides their unique aesthetic effects they also share the need for intraoral incisions for insertion and positioning. While numerous type of facial implants are placed Read More…
The lower midface consists of the central pyriform aperture or the bone around the base of the nose. Its forward development plays a major role in the projection of the nose and how the nose appears in relation to the upper lip. It is the most projecting part of the central midface where the rest Read More…
Aesthetic augmentations of the head can be most effectively done using a custom skull implant approach. Using the patient’s 3D CT scan implants can be designed to contour large surface areas of the external skull bone surface. While these skull implant designs can be made of any of the traditional materials, solid silicone is the Read More…
The sliding genioplasty is one of the most well known chin reshaping procedures. Separating the chin bone by a bone cut done from inside the mouth allows the bone to be moved in a variety of different positions for various chin shape changes. The new position of the chin bone is fixed into position by 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...