Total Cranial Vault Remodeling
Total Cranial Vault Remodeling Akira Yamada Kenneth E. Salyer Derek A. Bruce Frank R. Graewe DEFINITION/ANATOMY Premature fusion of the sagittal suture restricts the transverse growth of the skull. The…
Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction Osteogenesis
Posterior Cranial Vault Distraction Osteogenesis Richard A. Hopper Amy Lee DEFINITION Posterior cranial vault distraction osteogenesis (PVDO) increases intracranial volume through gradual expansion of a circumferential cranial osteotomy using manually…
Posterior Cranial Vault Expansion
Posterior Cranial Vault Expansion Alexander Y. Lin DEFINITION Posterior plagiocephaly, or flattening of the posterior skull, can be the result of deformational (positional) forces or of fused sutures (lambdoid craniosynostosis)…
Fronto-Orbital Distraction
Fronto-Orbital Distraction Jesse A. Taylor Wen Xu DEFINITION Craniosynostosis affects 1 in 2500 live births worldwide and is defined as the premature fusion of one or more cranial sutures. Craniosynostosis…
Fronto-Orbital Advancement
Fronto-Orbital Advancement Rajendra Sawh-Martinez John A. Persing DEFINITION Fronto-orbital advancement is a series of adjustments to modifications of anatomy in coronal and metopic synostosis. Fronto-orbital advancement strives to approximate normality…
Indications and Techniques for Hair Transplantation
Indications and Techniques for Hair Transplantation Walter Unger Robin Unger DEFINITION Hair transplant surgery involves the transfer of hair from an area of anticipated lifelong permanence to an area of…
An Osseous Approach to Chin Deformities
An Osseous Approach to Chin Deformities S. Anthony Wolfe Saoussen Salhi DEFINITION Osseous genioplasty was introduced in 1942, when Otto Hofer described a horizontal osteotomy of the mandibular symphysis through…
Technique for Chin Reduction
Technique for Chin Reduction Jong-Woo Choi Woo Shik Jeong DEFINITION Facial contours can greatly affect a person’s facial image. In particular, the shape of the chin is one of the…
Mandible Implants
Mandible Implants Michael J. Yaremchuk Dev Vibhakar Erez Dayan DEFINITION Patients with three types of skeletal morphology can benefit from implant augmentation of the mandibular body, angle, and ramus. These…
Techniques for Placing Malar Implants
Techniques for Placing Malar Implants Erez Dayan Dev Vibhakar Michael J. Yaremchuk DEFINITION Prominent malar bones are considered attractive and youthful in most cultures. The malar area is a dynamic…
