Rhinoplasty An Expert Manual

Rhinoplasty is a plastic surgery procedure for correcting and reconstructing the form, restoring the functions, and aesthetically enhancing the nose by resolving nasal trauma, congenital defect, respiratory impediment, or a failed primary rhinoplasty.

This book is a concise guide to rhinoplasty for otolaryngologists and plastic surgeons.

Beginning with an overview of nasal anatomy, and instruments and preoperative assessment, the text then describes basic techniques and incisions.

The following sections cover different surgical techniques, presenting each in a step by step format, and covering both common and more complex procedures. The final chapter discusses revision rhinoplasty.

The text is highly illustrated and includes photographs of cadaver dissections demonstrating nasal anatomy and surgical methods.

Key points

• Concise guide to rhinoplasty for otolaryngologists and plastic surgeons
• Explains basic nasal anatomy, surgical instruments and techniques
• Includes section on revision rhinoplasty
• Features photographs of cadaver dissections demonstrating nasal anatomy and surgical procedures

1. History of Rhinoplasty
2. Anatomy and Physiology
3. Instruments and Preoperative Assessment
4. Anesthesia
5. Basic Technique
6. Incisions and Approaches
7. Mobilization of Soft Tissues (Skeletonization)
8. Nasal Spine
9. Removal of Hump
10. Septoplasty
11. Osteotomies
12. Shortening the Nose and Narrowing of Middle Third of Nos
13. Tip Plasty
14. Sutures and Dressing
15. Postoperative Care
16. Augmentation Rhinoplasty
17. Rhinoplasty in Atrophic Rhinitis
18. Surgery of the Crooked Nose
19. Surgery of Alar, Columellar Deformity and Vestibular Stenosis
20. Nasal Reconstruction
21. Revision Rhinoplasty

References

Swapan Kumar Ghosh MS DLO DNB
Professor, Department of ENT, IPGME&R and SSKM Hospital, Kolkata, India