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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: 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…
Background: Temporal reduction has been developed to produce a visible narrowing of excessive width on the sides of the head. Most of the time this excessive width appears as a convexity that begins just above the ear and bows outward as the tissues ascent upward towards the bony temporal line of the skull. While typically Read More…
Background: The temporal muscle has a significant functional and aesthetic role to the entire side of the head. Its size influences the contour of the entire side of the head from the lateral orbital wall all the way to the parietal bone on the back of the head. It is one of the muscles that Read More…
Temporal reduction is a skull reshaping procedures that focuses on reducing the width/convexity at the side of the head. Unlike skull reduction on the front, top and back of the head, which is exclusively composed of bone, the sides of the head are covered by soft tissues most of which is muscle. For this anatomic Read More…
Background: Reduction of the wide or convex head shape is most effectively done through muscle removal. The temporal muscle is quite large with its origins along the long temporal line of the skull from which it extends down into a funnel shape through which is passes under the zygomatic arch. Once under the arch this Read More…
Temporal reduction is a well known and effective procedure for head width reduction. It specifically removes the thinner posterior portion of the temporalis muscle that covers the convex portion of the temporal bone above the ear. This muscle due to its greater thickness in some people can create an undesired amount of convexity to the Read More…
Background: Excessive width or convexity of the side of the head is one of many head shape concerns. Generally it is preferred that the side of the head is straight rather than have any convexity. This becomes most relevant in men who have shorter hair styles where the shape of the side of the head Read More…
Temporal reduction surgery is an innovative procedure for reducing the width or excessive convexity on the sides of the head. It is based on the removal of the thinner posterior portion of the temporalis muscle which can be up to 1 cm in thickness per side. Access to do the procedure is done from an 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...