Category: Nose
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Sushrutha:Surgical heritage of India
Sushrutha is recognized today as the ‘Father of Plastic Surgery\’ all over the world. Sushruta was an ancient Indian surgeon (who was possibly born in 7th century BC) and is the author of the book Sushruta Samhitha, in which he describes over 120 surgical instruments, 300 surgical procedures and classifies human surgery in 8 categories.…
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Rhinoplasty in India:Osteotomy
(Contents of the video may be graphic in nature for some viewers, use caution..) Breaking the nasal bones in Open Rhinoplasty: Osteotomies are performed to narrow wide nasal bridges. Osteotomies are also done when a large hump has been removed from the nose and the surgeon needs to close the open roof deformity. If not,…
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Rhinoplasty Described
The surgical techniques involved in an open rhinoplasty is described.The incision type that the surgeon uses classifies the rhinoplasty as open or closed. I always prefer the open technique in most cases. This means I make a very small incision in the middle of the columella (the structure in the middle of the bottom of…