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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...
Temporal reduction is a procedure that was developed as a skull reshaping procedure to narrow the wide head shape. Specifically to reduce the convex shape and fullness on the side of the head. Contrary to the perception of the need to remove bone to create this effect it is actually the temporal muscle which needs Read More…
Background: The wide side of the head aesthetic deformity refers to an increased convexity that is disproportionate to the height of the skull and face. These head shape concerns are almost exclusively male concerns because of their more common short hairstyles or shaved heads. With increased exposure the five surfaces of the head become more Read More…
Background: The temporal bone is the major skull bone on the side of the head whose main functions are to protect the temporal lobe of the brain and encase the bony ear canal. It has two components, a deeper concave fossa by the side of the eye where most of the temporal muscle resides and Read More…
Background: Osteomas are well known benign bony grows that commonly occur on various areas of the skull. They most commonly present on the skull between the bony temporal lines. Very rarely have I seen them outside the bony temporal lines on the sides of the head where the temporal muscle is located. When such hard Read More…
Background: Temporal reduction remains the only known effective procedure for a reshaping/narrowing of the side of the head. This is particularly useful, almost always in the male patient, in which the side of their head has too much convexity and they desire a more straight line appearance to it. Since the side of the head Read More…
Temporal reduction is an effective strategy for reducing the width of the side of the head. The temporal region makes up the entire width of the head and is uniquely different from the rest of the skull. It is the only area of the skull in which a large muscle layer exists which contributes significantly Read More…
Background: Asymmetries in the shape of the head are not uncommon and come in a wide variety of types. One not uncommon type is that which affects the side of the head and is most noticeable to the patient in the front view. One side of the head sticks out further than the other. Usually Read More…
Background: One of the more commonly requested skull reshaping procedures is that of temporal reduction. To reduce the overly wide or convex side of the head shape, the posterior portion of the temporal muscle is removed through a postauricular incision. Not only is the procedure effective but it is also scarless. While there are many Read More…
Migraine headaches are multifactorial of which most have no direct case and effect basis for their occurrence. This does not mean that anatomic basis for their occurrence does not exist, just that for many it remains difficult to precisely locate. There is a small percentage of migraine patients in which the symptoms are primarily related Read More…
Background: One of the common aesthetic skull reshaping procedures requested and done is head widening reduction. Better known as temporal reduction the objective of the surgery is to create a narrowing effect (straight line) of an overly convex or round side of the head. While often perceived as accomplished by bone removal it is actually 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...