Category: Surgery
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Eagle (Stylohyoid) Syndrome: Surgical Treatment
Eagle’s Syndrome is a rare condition, which often presents with recurrent pain in the throat, foreign body sensation in the throat, dysphagia and referred otalgia due to an elongated styloid process or calcified stylohyoid ligament. It was Eagle (1937) who first described it. The stylohyoid complex is made of styloid process, stylohyoid ligament, and the…
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Samudrika Lakshanam and Cosmetic Surgery Nose
Samudrika Lakshanam in Anga Sasthra is one of the most traditional techniques of predicting ones character and personality by their physical appearance. The Samudrika Lakshana is written by someone called Samudra Raja (King of the sea). Every part of ones body from head to toe has a definite and positive prediction to reveal about…
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Accessory Auricle: Surgical Removal
Accessory auricles are common congenital malformation .They are often unilateral but may also be bilateral. They are related the first branchial arch, hence seen in front of the tragus. The first branchial arch also gives rise to the mandible and maxilla, explaining why accessory tragi have also been reported along the jaw line. There are…