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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...
When a chin implant ‘fails’ it may be replaced or revised by a sliding genioplasty. Chin implant failure can usually be defined as an implant that had not met the patient’s aesthetic desires due to design, size or positioning issues. This is most commonly seen when a chin implant is used for larger chin deficiencies Read More…
A sliding genioplasty is the autologous alternative to using a chin implant. It is done far less frequently than using implants for chin augmentation, and it should be, but it does have a defined role for lower facial augmentation. It is indicated for large chin movements which standard implants can not achieve, for young patients Read More…
Augmentation of the face through a variety of implants has been around for along time. Implant augmentation above the face on the skull bones is almost unheard of. Skull augmentations are much less commonly done, not only because they are less frequently requested, but because they are no implants made for them and surgical techniques Read More…
Excessive brow bone protrusion, known as brow bone hypertrophy, is a well recognized phenomenon that is due to over pneumatization of the frontal sinus. While many people think that it is due to excessive bone growth, it is actually due to an over enlargement of the frontal sinus air cavity. This pushes out the air Read More…
The placement of jaw angle implants has many unique aspects from other facial implants. It requires dissection in the most posterior part of the face done from inside the mouth making access and visibility challenging. It requires the largest muscle on the face to be lifted off the bone (masseter muscle) to place and Read More…
Reshaping a wide and prominent forehead is done by bone reduction, removing as much outer cortical bone of the skull as is needed to create more of tapered forehead shape. Most of the bone removal is done on the sides crossing the anterior temporal line as needed. This usually requires release of the superior attachments Read More…
Reduction in the width of the side of the head (head narrowing) is most commonly done by removal of the posterior belly of the temporalis muscle. Many people understandably think that the width of the head above the ears is mainly due to bone but that assumption is usually incorrect. While the bone makes some Read More…
Treatment of very specific types of migraine headaches can be successfully done by extraforaminal decompression techniques. This is especially true for the migraine trigger site of the supraorbital nerve. By removing all of the muscle from around the neurovascular bundle (and occasionally removing some foraminal bone and ablating the artery) a decrease in the severity Read More…
The cause of certain migraine headaches is now well known be caused by peripheral compression of cranial sensory nerves usually caused by muscular contraction. This compression causes nerve irritation and serves as the nidus for the initiation of the migraine. In the auriculotemporal nerve migraine trigger area, its close association with the superficial temporal artery Read More…
Aesthetic cranioplasty often involves the coverage of large skull areas with alloplastic material. Whether it be PMMA or hydroxyapatite cements or with today’s custom 3D generated silicone implants, a fairly large amount of material can serve as a solid interface between the overlying scalp and the underlying cranial bone. As the scalp has an excellent 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...