Welcome to Our Cosmetic Surgery Blog - Dr. Jack P. Gunter, Dr. C. Spencer Cochran, and Dr. Vincent P. Marin

One of the Gunter Center’s exceptional plastic surgeons, Dr. Vincent P. Marin, has recently relocated his practice to his hometown of San Diego, California.  While practicing at the Gunter Center for the past three years, Dr. Marin served as our Director of Cosmetic Surgery and Skin Care. 

He continues his specialization of procedures of the face, breast and body at his La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre. For more information about his new practice, please visit his website http://marinaesthetics.com.

43rd Baker Gordon Symposium - Miami, Florida
February 2009

26th Dallas Rhinoplasty Symposium - Dallas, Texas
March 2009

The Rhinoplasty Society/American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, Inc. - Las Vegas, Nevada
Conjoint Symposium
Sunday, May 3, 2009 

American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - Las Vegas, Nevada
Improving Results in Rhinoplasty 
May 2009

We are pleased to announce that both Dr. Gunter and Dr. Cochran were recently selected by their peers as two of Dallas’ Top Doctors for the category Cosmetic/Reconstructive Surgery in D Magazine’s October 2008 issue - “Best Doctors in Dallas 2008″.

Cochran CS, Gunter JP.  “Secondary External Rhinoplasty.” In: Azizzadeh B, Murphy MR, Johnson C, Numa W, eds. Master Techniques in Rhinoplasty and Nasal Reconstruction. (In press).

Cochran CS, Gunter JP. “Secondary Rhinoplasty (Including Rib Grafts).” In: Gruber R, Stepnick D. eds. Clinics in Plastic Surgery. (In press). 

Gunter JP, Marin VP, Cochran CS. “Anatomic Approach for Tip Problems.” In:  Aston SJ, Steinbrech DS, Walden JL, eds.  Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. (In press).

Gunter JP, Cochran CS, Marin VP. “Dorsal augmentation with autogenous rib cartilage.” Seminars in Plastic Surgery. Seminars in Plastic Surgery. 2008;22(2):74-89.

Cochran CS, DeFatta RJ.  “Tragal cartilage grafts in rhinoplasty: a viable alternative in the graft-depleted patient.” Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2008;138(2):166-9.

Cochran, CS. “Ethnic rhinoplasty.” Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology.  2007; 18(4):293-296.

Cochran CS, Marin VP. “A systematic approach to open rhinoplasty.” Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology.” 2007;18(3):166-171.

Cochran CS, Ducic Y, DeFatta RJ.  “Rethinking nasal osteotomies: an anatomic approach.”  Laryngoscope. 2007;117(4):662-667.

Cochran CS, Ducic Y, DeFatta RJ.  “Restorative rhinoplasty and the aging patient.  Laryngoscope.” Laryngoscope 2007;117(5):803-807.

Verret  DJ, Cochran CS, DeFatta RJ, Samy RN. “External auditory canal hemangioma: case report.”  Skull Base 2007;17:141-144.

Gunter JP, Landecker A, Cochran CS. “Frequently used grafts in rhinoplasty: nomenclature and analysis.” Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006;118(1):14e-29e.

Cochran CS, Xiou C, DeFatta RJ, Adelson RT.  “An innovative method facilitating ranula excision.”  Ear Nose Throat Journal.  2006; 85(3): 80-81.

Gunter JP and Cochran CS. “Management of intraoperative fractures of the nasal septal “L-strut”: percutaneous Kirschner wire fixation.”  Plastic Reconstructive Surgery.  2006; 117(2):395-402.

Cochran CS, DeFatta RJ, Brenski AC.  “Congenital midline cervical cleft: a practical approach to Z-plasty closure.”  International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology.  2006; 70(3):553-559.

Ducic Y, Athre R, Cochran CS. “The split orbicularis myomucosal flap for lower lip reconstruction.”  Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.  2005; 7:347-352.

Gunter JP, Landecker A, Cochran CS.  “Nomenclature for frequently used grafts in rhinoplasty.”  2005 Dallas Rhinoplasty Symposium.

Cochran CS, Marple BF.  “Rhinologic pharmacotherapy in rhinoplasty.”  Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America.  2004; 12(4), 415-424.

Otto RA, Cochran CS.  “Sensitivity and specificity of intra-operative recurrent laryngeal nerve stimulation in predicting postoperative nerve paralysis.”  Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology 2002; 111(11):1005-1007.

Pessa JE, Zadoo VP, Yuan C, Ayedelotte JD, Cuellar FJ, Cochran CS, Mutimer KL, Garza JR.  “Concertina effect and facial aging: non-linear aspects of youthfulness and skeletal remodeling; and why, perhaps, infants have jowls.”  Plastic Reconstructive Surgery 1999; 103(20):635-644.

Pessa JE, Peterson ML, Thompson JW, Cochran CS, Garza JR.  “Pyriform augmentation as an ancillary procedure in facial rejuvenation surgery.”  Plastic Reconstructive Surgery 1999; 103(2):683-686.

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We would like to welcome you to our new rhinoplasty website, http://rhinoplasty-usa.com.  We hope that you find it informative. Please feel free to browse our rhinoplasty before-and-after galley (http://rhinoplasty-usa.com/html/gallery.html) to view our latest featured cases. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact our office.