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Perfect example of a multidimensional genioplasty in the form of two dimensional augmentation genioplasty in a patient with a slightly receded chin in the depth axis and also featured by a moderately short vertical chin axis in the context of an overall small chin; horizontal width was deemed optimal thus a three dimensional genioplasty was not indicated.
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The technique planned was a customized oblique osteotomy at approximately 70 degrees from the bisecting line of the chin, so that the bone supplied would share its majority augmentation and projection effect downwards about 70% of the volume added and 30% into forward direction; by means of inserting blocks of bone grafting, in this case harvested from patient's elbow or olecranon, into the angled osteotomy gap the chin gained anterior increase and a mainly inferior growth; the bone graft was planned to be 10 mm thick so a conservative 7 mm increase downward and a scarce 3 mm increase forward were achieved.
As a general rule, osteotomies made at an angle of 90 degrees from the bisecting line of the chin produce an even distribution of any augmentation or reduction of bone volume in equal shares for the depth or projection axis and the vertical height axis, this means 50% of the mass added or removed happens to take place forward and 50% downwards; osteotomy angles larger or wider than 90 degrees from the bisecting line of the chin produce mainly forward changes, the larger the angle more the effect will be in the depth axis rather than in the vertical axis; osteotomy angles smaller or narrower than 90 degrees from the bisecting line of the chin produce mainly downwards changes, the smaller the angle more the effect will be in the vertical axis rather than in the depth axis.
However, the patient suffered a noticeable chin height asymmetry by which the right half was vertically shorter than the left one; after thorough analysis of his facial balance and discussing the matter in depth with her, it was agreed the best choice was setting the right chin height on the long side, the correct one, and performing a custom augmentation adding more vertical increase at the right half of the chin, a very fine maneuver requiring the tailoring of a customized bone graft, in this case harvested from patient's elbow or olecranon.
Wiring with steel sutures allowed stable fixation without any issues.
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#1Moderate shortfall of vertical height of the chin; its correction requires the insertion of a very carefully tailored bone graft perfectly matching so that the desired vertical height is achieved; the arrows indicate the grade of increase of the customized graft, larger on the right half and in a continuous decrease towards the left.
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#2Slightly receded and moderately short vertically chin in need of a medium augmentation by means of an oblique osteotomy at approximately 70 degrees from the bisecting plane of the chin so that 70% of the increase produce vertical gain and 30% projection gain; the bone graft is planned to be 10 mm thick so a conservative 7 mm increase downward and a scarce 3 mm increase forward are achieved; the arrows indicate the grade of increase at each axis of this two dimensional augmentation genioplasty with the customized graft.
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#3Lateral cephalometrics and planning on X ray film. The desired level and angle for the osteotomy are drawn as a guidance tool for the surgeon. The arrow points at the foramen or exit duct for the mentalis nerves, a critical structure that has to be preserved during the procedure. Note the dental roots contoured so that they are kept far from the osteotomy level. Slightly receded and moderately short vertically chin in need of a medium augmentation by means of an oblique osteotomy at approximately 70 degrees from the bisecting plane of the chin so that 70% of the increase produce vertical gain and 30% projection gain; the bone graft is planned to be 10 mm thick so a conservative 7 mm increase downward and a scarce 3 mm increase forward are achieved.
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#4Customized bone graft harvested from patient's elbow; note how the end to be placed at patient's right side of the chin has larger thickness than the end to be placed at patient's left side of the chin, designed in a progressive thickness increase from patient's left to right.
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#5Customized bone graft harvested from patient's elbow; note how the end to be placed at patient's right side of the chin has larger thickness than the end to be placed at patient's left side of the chin, designed in a progressive thickness increase from patient's left to right.
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#6Customized bone graft harvested from patient's elbow and held by the forceps as size reference; note how the end to be placed at patient's right side of the chin has larger thickness than the end to be placed at patient's left side of the chin, designed in a progressive thickness increase from patient's left to right.
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#7Customized graft harvested from patient's elbow.
#8Customized bone graft harvested from patient's elbow and held by the forceps as size reference; note how the end to be placed at patient's right side of the chin has larger thickness than the end to be placed at patient's left side of the chin, designed in a progressive thickness increase from patient's left to right.
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#9Customized graft harvested from patient's elbow; note the beveled medial ends designed to meet in the midline fitting the boomerang shape of the chin.
#10Customized graft harvested from patient's elbow; note the beveled medial ends designed to meet in the midline fitting the boomerang shape of the chin; the forceps acts as size reference.
#11Customized graft harvested from patient's elbow; note the beveled medial ends designed to meet in the midline fitting the boomerang shape of the chin.
#12Customized graft harvested from patient's elbow; note the beveled medial ends designed to meet in the midline fitting the boomerang shape of the chin.
#13Wiring of the assembly; the multidimensional genioplasty involves wiring, via holes drilled in the bone, the anterior cortex of the mandibular bone with the anterior cortex of the sliced chin fragment so that a stronger stabilization effect is achieved, placing in between them the customized graft which is also drilled and pierced by the wiring; works like the one in this case do work well with 4 fixation steel sutures; at this stage all the elements were wired and ready to be secured; the arrows point at the mentalis nerves, undamaged in spite of the space conflict; note how the chin fragment has been perfectly leveled thanks to the customized bone graft.
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#14Prismatic scheme of the mandibular bone, the customized graft and the sliced chin fragment.
#15The lines contour the fixation steel wires and the drilled holes to allow the assembly; at this stage all the elements were wired and ready to be secured.
#16Wiring of the assembly; the multidimensional genioplasty involves wiring, via holes drilled in the bone, the anterior cortex of the mandibular bone with the anterior cortex of the sliced chin fragment so that a stronger stabilization effect is achieved, placing in between them the customized graft which is also drilled and pierced by the wiring; works like the one in this case do work well with 4 fixation steel sutures; at this stage all the elements were wired and ready to be secured; the arrows point at the mentalis nerves, undamaged in spite of the space conflict; note how the chin fragment has been perfectly leveled thanks to the customized bone graft.
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#17Prismatic scheme of the mandibular bone, the customized graft and the sliced chin fragment.
#18The lines contour the fixation steel wires and the drilled holes to allow the assembly; at this stage all the elements were wired and ready to be secured.
#19Once the wiring is deemed optimal and the assembly is ready, the surgeon pulls from the wiring to put all the parts together, which obtain stabilization by means of vertical vectors of compression, and stabilizes the assembly by tying steel wires; the knots are bent flat so that no disturbance is felt by the patient; the arrows point at the mentalis nerves, undamaged in spite of the space conflict; note how the chin fragment has been perfectly leveled thanks to the customized bone graft; at this stage all the elements were wired and ready to be secured.
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#20The chin fragment has been perfectly leveled thanks to the customized bone graft; note how the right end has larger thickness than the left end, designed in a progressive thickness increase from left to right.
#21The lines contour the fixation steel wires and the drilled holes to allow the assembly; at this stage all the elements were wired and ready to be secured.
#22Once the wiring is deemed optimal and the assembly is ready, the surgeon pulls from the wiring to put all the parts together, which obtain stabilization by means of vertical vectors of compression, and stabilizes the assembly by tying steel wires; the knots are bent flat so that no disturbance is felt by the patient; the arrows point at the mentalis nerves, undamaged in spite of the space conflict; note how the chin fragment has been perfectly leveled thanks to the customized bone graft; at this stage all the elements were wired and secured.
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#23The chin fragment has been perfectly leveled thanks to the customized bone graft; note how the right end has larger thickness than the left end, designed in a progressive thickness increase from left to right.
#24The lines contour the fixation steel wires and the drilled holes to allow the assembly; at this stage all the elements were wired and secured.
#25Once the wiring is deemed optimal and the assembly is ready, the surgeon pulls from the wiring to put all the parts together, which obtain stabilization by means of vertical vectors of compression, and stabilizes the assembly by tying steel wires; the knots are bent flat so that no disturbance is felt by the patient; the arrows point at the mentalis nerves, undamaged in spite of the space conflict; note how the chin fragment has been perfectly leveled thanks to the customized bone graft; at this stage all the elements were wired and secured.
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#26The chin fragment has been perfectly leveled thanks to the customized bone graft; note how the right end has larger thickness than the left end, designed in a progressive thickness increase from left to right.
#27The lines contour the fixation steel wires and the drilled holes to allow the assembly; at this stage all the elements were wired and secured.
#28Before and after comparison. The chin is perfectly leveled and balanced; vertical increase was accomplished as per planned parameters.
#29Before and after comparison. The chin is perfectly balanced; forwarding and vertical increase were accomplished as per planned parameters.
#30Before and after comparison. The chin is perfectly leveled and balanced; vertical increase was accomplished as per planned parameters.
#31Before and after comparison. The chin is perfectly balanced; forwarding and vertical increase were accomplished as per planned parameters.
#32A control lateral X ray taken 1 month later shows excellent osseous and osteotomy positioning; later on there will be full ossification of the assembly; note how the steel wiring is buried within the bone callus and the knots are not a problem due to their distance from the mucosa.
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#33Orthopantomography showing perfect placement, leveling and stability of the assembly.
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Due to the competitiveness scenario of the markets most plastic surgery clinics and plastic surgeons feel forced to invest large sums of money into advertising and marketing campaigns; this non medical additional cost is always and necessarily charged on top of the final price paid by patients, leading thus to an overprice of surgeries and treatments. No one patient wishes to bear that financial burden embedded in the surgical costs, furthermore neither surgeons nor clinics are happy to increase their retail prices and penalize their customers with costs not bringing any kind of special medical benefit, safety enhancements or results improvement; the promotion budget aims only to disseminate the public knowledge of a services provider and raise the awareness about its presence to potential customers, but not to make the service or the product a better one.
Seems like this model is a no-way-out labyrinth from which no one can be freed, furthermore it is such a tempting, easy and hassle-free way that actually most patients and plastic surgery providers are locked into it, happily or with resignation, paying a high price due to being non collaborative; however there is an ideal alternative, based on keeping up a good hard work based on a strive for providing quality service and achieving patients' satisfaction, which necessarily requires the decided support of the clients and somehow their involvement in such virtuous business model grounded on top-notch results
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When plastic surgery providers and patients do actively engage into a collaborative economy scenario a win-win basis is set for their relationship, since the clinics and surgeons obtain the best promotion ever possible with no budget for marketing investment and the patients get in return rid of any additional and unnecessary costs; such a price reduction does not represent any loss in the quality of the treatment they are receiving, furthermore this saving achieved will actually reward customers with a reinforced confidence and guarantee the service providers will strive to perform the best job possible and obtain results second to none.
It is not a paradox or contradiction; under a collaborative economy umbrella plastic surgery patients enjoy a greater plus of confidence that clinics and surgeons will do their very best and beyond to satisfy their customers, in spite the price is lower than in marketing-based non collaborative models; plastic surgery providers who found their business sustainability on the pillars of exclusively or mainly incremental budget investment in ongoing promotion campaigns do have little incentive in achieving first-class results and the best patient experiences, since their business model is not based on returning patients after word-of-mouth dissemination of their reputation but on the attraction of cold clients with sophisticated advertising methods of higher or lesser moral acceptability, attracting customers as parachutists randomly landing on unknown land, which is a perverse business model frequently leading to an unavoidable degradation of safety and results quality besides an uncontrollable increase in costs and prices; this marketing-based model creates no incentives to keep up the good work and pushes the prices higher on and on due to require increasing promotional investments.
On the other side, which is definitely our side, clinics and surgeons who rely solely or mostly their existence and survival in the competitive plastic surgery market enjoying the widespread of their excellence extended by their own patients results and satisfaction, like a mill driven by the winds of prestige, have the strongest ever incentive to be the best service providers around, sourced from the support of happy clients and their operated cases as proof of their excellent jobs; needless to say such supporters, the patients, have to enjoy a share of this benefit so that the incentive is reciprocal; under this scenario clinics and surgeons strive to provide the best service and accordingly patients release and transfer in a fair exchange the materials and tools required to build a marketing-budget-free and virtuous business model which creates the perfect incentives to build the best sponsorship-free reputation, based on the grounds of medical quality thus allowing prices control within affordability thanks to the minimal cost of its maintenance.
This is the deal; patients give in our favor the release and transfer of the intellectual property, the rights of image, the medical records and the personal data of their cases for scientific dissemination, medical teaching, public communication, commercial promotion, advertising marketing, commercial exploitation and disclosure in general, and they receive in exchange a compensating remuneration of a -20% discount from the standard price list for our treatments, as it is publicly visible by default in all the prices and quotations on our website.
As can be observed our visible prices are highly competitive if compared with other plastic surgery providers, actually the difference is approximately a -20% from the average price of each particular treatment in other clinics and surgeons from similar economical areas and countries of comparable development; this is not due to any quality or safety downgrading but to our collaborative business model; in other words, the budget which theoretically should be invested in marketing and promotion campaigns is discounted from the retail prices and, unlike other plastic surgery providers, is not wasted into pointless advertising to patients which entails no kind of added value for them; such campaigns are replaced with our superb results publicized thanks our patients support by letting us use their cases' Before & After and Intraoperative & Technical images and medical details; this explains that price gap between us and other clinics and surgeons.
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Patients gain a highly affordable pricing model with yet world-class standards of medical practice, safety and results, and we gain competitiveness within the industry by means of saving the budget theoretically bound to be wasted in marketing.
Patients contribute with their images and medical details and we compensate them with a -20% discount from the expectable average price quoted by comparable clinics and surgeons.
We receive a boost of unbeatable promotion and market penetration by using our awesome operated cases and the patients enjoy a plus of guarantee that we will strive to conduct ourselves to the highest level of excellence and obtain results better than one can imagine.
We help you access the best plastic surgery results and you help us win the race of the market.
Should you feel not interested in collaborating with our business model and still wish to be our patient? No worries, this perfectly possible under the same philosophy of professionalism, devotion and quality, you have to simply express your opposition at surgery day booking by opting for the standard prices and thus give up the -20% discount of the collaborative model, budget which will be used to promote our business in sponsorships, campaigns or one-time actions aiming to attract new customers who, without your help to take the right decision for their surgery, may need sponsored channels to know about us.
Keep in mind that taking part in our collaborative business model is also an altruist way to help other prospective patients to find the medically right and commercially suitable plastic surgery provider, besides collaborating in the medical education of other surgeons and medical professionals.
We offer a flexible consumer-to-business relationship by letting our patients choose between a release & transfer quotation model in which the standard price list receives a -20% discount becoming thus the reduced price list, and a no disclosure quotation in which the standard price list applies and the patient misses such compensating remuneration.
Two models under the same quality involving different prices and marketing-building strategies; you receive always one guarantee: our commitment we will give you our best.
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