Journal Reviews

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How to manage the cheek in gender affirming surgery

3 November 2022 | | Maxillofacial Surgery | Alloplastic cheek implants, Augmentation, Cheek, Fat grafting, Gender-affirming facial surgery

This publication discusses cheek augmentation surgery related to gender-affirming facial surgery. The publication describes the difference between the common male cheek anatomy and the desired ideal feminine appearance and how to achieve it. In the author’s experience, gender-affirming surgery patients...

Lateral wall augmentation for patulous eustachian tube

1 January 2017 | | Augmentation, Dysfunction, Eustachian Tube, Injection

The problem more commonly attributed to the eustachian tube is lack of its patency rather than it being unduly patulous. This lesser recognised condition is due to loss of peritubal fat volume resulting in concavity of the lateral wall and...