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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: The temporal artery is a well-known blood vessel located on the anterior side of the head. It is a branch of the external carotid artery that, when it reaches the temporal hair, splits or bifurcates into two separate smaller arteries. This anterior branch of the temporal artery, also called the superficial temporal artery (STA), Read More…
Background: An aesthetic concern of the upper third of the face that has a vascular basis are prominent temporal arteries. Often confused as being veins prominent temporal arteries create an irregular serpiginous pathway across the temples into the forehead. Temporal veins do exist but they are straighter and look distinctly different. They can occur in Read More…
Ligation is an effective procedure in reducing and/or eliminating the prominence of temporal arteries that appear on the side of the head and run into the forehead. Shutting off the flow through the artery reduces its size and as a result its appearance. While this concept is obvious and seemingly simple it is harder to Read More…
Background: Prominent temporal arteries are an aesthetic issue that is the direct result of an abnormally enlarged but normal structure. Every one has a temporal branch off of the carotid artery which ascends vertically into the hair-bearing temporal region and then splits into a Y configuration. (now called the superficial temporal artery or STA) At Read More…
Background: The temporal artery is best known in plastic surgery for its contribution in reconstruction as the vascular supply for local tissue flaps. The goal in these procedures is preservation of the blood flow to the artery to keep the transferred tissues alive. Conversely the strong blood flow in the temporal artery can have an Read More…
Background: The anterior branch of the superficial temporal artery is the only portion of the external carotid system that can become externally visible. As it leaves the temporal hairline and crosses into the side of the forehead its pathway is superficial above the deep temporal fascia. If the artery becomes enlarged, due to a medical Read More…
Background: The superficial temporal artery (STA) is one of numerous blood supplies to the top of the head and scalp. Emanating off of the external carotid artery in the neck the origin of this arterial branch courses in front of the ear where its ascends into the temporal region and splits into anterior and posterior Read More…
Background: A not uncommon but less frequently treated aesthetic forehead deformity is that of prominent temporal arteries. Seen as ‘squiggly worms’ on the side of the head crossing from the temporal region into the upper lateral forehead they occur for reasons unknown. Their serpiginous pattern and location make them the undeniable course of the anterior Read More…
A not uncommon esthetic abnormality of the temporal region are prominent arteries. Unlike temporal veins which will have a bluish hue and run in a relatively straight vertical, the superficial branch of the temporal artery has a classic serpiginous course as it proceeds superiorly from the temporal hairline and crosses into the side of the Read More…
Prominent temporal vessels, often commonly called ‘worms’, are overly dilated branches of the superficial temporal artery that appear on the side of the forehead. Why they appear in some people and not others is not known. Certain characteristics are associated with the prominent temporal arteries such as a male patient who often has a thinner/leaner 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...