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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 Testicular implants for aesthetic enhancement are often sought due to testicular atrophy. Aging and hormone replacement therapy can lead to reduced testicular size and a looser, emptier scrotum. This relative void can be corrected with implants that are sufficiently large to offset the smaller natural testicles. Known as the implant displacement technique, this approach Read More…
Background In older males with erectile dysfunction, a penile prosthesis combined with testosterone replacement therapy can produce notable improvements. However, this benefit comes with a trade-off — progressive testicular atrophy. Testosterone accelerates the natural age-related reduction in testicular size, and when penile length is increased, the contrast makes the testicles appear even smaller. The result Read More…
Background: For testicular enhancements to be effective by a side by side technique using a custom implant its size must be a certain percent bigger than the natural testicles. As a general rule that percent increase is in the 2/3s to 75% larger. For example if the natural testicles are 3.5cm then an implant size Read More…
Solid ultrasoft testicle implants are available in standard sizes or can be custom made. Standard sizes exist up to 5cms while anything larger requires a custom implant design. The whole purpose of making custom implants is to address any size or shape iterations that the patient needs. But at 5cms or below the size changes Read More…
Background: The reconstructive need for an implant to replace a loss testicle due to pathologic and traumatic reasons has been around almost as long as the removal procedures have been done. Historically silicon testicle implants had been used but they were formally removed from the US market in 1991 due to the breast implant fiasco. Read More…
The placement of large custom implants in the testicular enhancement patient will pose challenges through the smaller midline scrotal incisions used. When looking at the implant diameter:incisional length ratio it usually almost two to one. And while scrotal skin is very elastic and ultrasoft silicone testicle implants very compressible it can still be a challenge Read More…
Background: The size of the male scrotum is a function of the two testicular bodies contained in the amount of scrotal tissue and skin that surrounds them. There is no scrotal size numbers or measurements that is the right amount or the proper aesthetic size on a general basis. Scrotal size is subject to each Read More…
In aesthetic testicular enhancement surgery a wide variety of scrotal interventions and abnormalities can be encountered. The most common are atrophic testicular changes with below normal sizes…which is of course why they are presenting for the surgery. But numerous other entities may be found from penile pump extensions to various injectable. While every non-autologous entity Read More…
Testicular enhancement, or the enlargement of one’s testicles, can be done by one of two implant methods. The most logical one is the encasement of the testicles with a wraparound implant. One’s natural testicle fits inside the wraparound implant who’s external diameter is the size one desires. While conceptually appealing it has no complications of Read More…
Background: Testicle implants from an aesthetic standpoint have some similarities to breast implants. The end goal is to have an implant in a surrounding sack of skin that is soft, supple and moves without restriction or pain. While the implant type is quite different, a testicle implant is solid silicone while a breast implant is 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...