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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...
Reverse otoplasty refers to partially or fully undoing an overcorrected ear-pinning surgery so the ear sits a bit farther from the head again. While an overcorrected car from otoplasty surgery is ultimately determined by the patient there are some measurable guidelines for the natural angulation of the ear from the side of the head (auriculocephalic angle) When Read More…
Background: Of the five surfaces of the skull the sides of the head make up two of them and are the only surfaces covered by muscle. They are also the only skull surfaces whose profile (shape) can only seen from the front and back views of the head. As a result abnormal shapes to the Read More…
Background: Otoplasty is a common ear reshaping procedure for which many variations of how to perform it successfully have been proposed. The one similarity of all otoplasty techniques is that they are performed in the supine or face up position. The head is turned from side to side where the ear is then laying flat Read More…
Background: The webbed neck is a well known congenital deformity that is associated with many different syndromes and conditions, most notably Turner’s syndrome. Its embryology is not precisely known although it is somewhat simplistically obvious looking at facial development and the migration of the ears upward from the neck at around 7 to 8 weeks Read More…
Background: The treatment of the protruding ear is a common and historic plastic surgery procedure. While various techniques exist to pull back the concha cartilage and /or create a more defined anti helical fold to reduce the auriculocephalic angle their effects are primarily at the middle third of the ear. In such setback otoplasties the upper third Read More…
Despite its small size the shape of the ear is made up of many components. The largest in surface area as well as its appearance is the outer helical rim. It starts at the superior attachment of the ear to the side of the head (helical root) and wraps around the entire ear until it Read More…
Background: An otoplasty procedure to setback protruding ears is the most common ear reshaping surgery and the second most performed aesthetic ear surgery. (earlobe repair/reconstruction is #1) It is a procedure that changes the shape of the cartilages that make up the structural rigidity of the ear. Many different types of cartilage manipulations have been Read More…
Background: Ons of then most common aesthetic ear procedures is a setback otoplasty to reduce protruding ears. While a wide variety of techniques have been described to do this operation the fundamental concept is that the ear is set back closer to the side of the head by either creating or increasing the antihelical fold Read More…
Background: Setback otoplasty is one of the most common aesthetic ear surgeries with a wide variety of technique to accomplish it. But regardless of the techniques used sutures are involved. They either create the desired ear shape change or, at the very least, help hold it into its new position as it heals. These sutures Read More…
The 2nd most common aesthetic ear surgery is a setback otoplasty. (earlobe manipulations is #1) In this procedure the shape of cartilages are changed by a variety of techniques to lessen the distance of the ear from the side of the head. (decreased auriculocephalic angle) But no matter which technique(s) are used for the setback 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...