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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...
Aesthetic brow bone augmentation and even brow bone contour reconstruction is almost always best done with a custom implant approach. Using the patient’s 3D CT scan the precise shape and projection of the brow bones can be preoperatively designed. This is a far superior approach to creating the complex topographic anatomy of the brow bones Read More…
In the new textbook OPERATIVE TECHNIQUES IN CRANIOFACIAL SURGERY I wrote a chapter on skull reconstruction entitled ‘Three- Dimensional Implant Reconstruction of the Cranial Vault’. In this chapter I describe my experience of over 25 years of designing and placing computer-generated skull implants for a wide variety of defects. The use of a computer design Read More…
A custom jawline implant creates the most significant change to the lower third of the face as any other surgical procedure. In many cases it creates an even greater change than a sagittal split mandibular osteotomy even if combined with a sliding genioplasty. This is because it can add significant jawline width which no mandibular Read More…
Of all aesthetic arm implants that are placed, the most common is that of the biceps muscle. Technically known as the biceps brachii, because of its two muscle heads, it is perceived on the outside as a single muscle…which it ultimately becomes at the mid-upper arm level and as it approaches and attaches into the Read More…
Horizontal and Vertical Lengthening Bony Genioplasty The ability to make this simultaneous two-dimensional chin augmentation change is an historic advantage of a bony genioplasty over that of an implant. While some argue that a chin implant can be positioned lower on the bone to create this effect, this effect is limited and such implant positioning Read More…
Custom jawline implants represent the most complete approach to augmenting a deficient lower third of the face. Wrapping around the entirety of the mandible they expand the inferolateral border creating a more defined jawline in a 3D dimensional fashion. Part of their success lies not only in their design but how well they are placed Read More…
It is always of interest to try and do whatever is possible to expedite the recovery process after any aesthetic plastic surgery procedure. While each procedure has its own specific postoperative recovery issues, all share the natural reactions of swelling and bruising as a result of the invasive surgical process. Many different modalities have been Read More…
There are a variety of biomaterials that are used for aesthetic facial implants. The vast majority are either solid silicone or Medpor (porous polyethylene) all around the world. There are advantages and disadvantages for the use of either biomaterial and there are an equal number of advocates for each as well. Silicone is the Coke Read More…
Posterior rib removal is the end stage approach to horizontal waistline reduction. It removes the last anatomic barrier to a more narrow waistline after fat reduction by liposuction and muscle contouring by fascial plication in a tummy tuck. It creates this change in waistline profile by virtue of the angulation of the free floating ribs Read More…
Cellulite is a very common aesthetic problem for women (and a few men) that has defied an absolute solution for many decades. The number of externally applied creams, lotions and massage approaches speaks to the fact that a successful non-surgical approach remains wanting. Numerous surgical approaches have also been used that focus on either 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...