- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Contributors
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Plastic surgery science
- Chapter 2 Embryology
- Chapter 3 Anatomy and clinical assessment
- Chapter 4 Drugs and tools
- Chapter 5 Congenital
- Chapter 6 Skin
- Chapter 7 Eyelid
- Chapter 8 Nose, ear, face, mouth
- Chapter 9 Head and neck
- Chapter 10 Chest
- Chapter 11 Abdomen and trunk
- Chapter 12 Upper limb
- Chapter 13 Lower limb
- Chapter 14 Vascular
- Chapter 15 Infection
- Chapter 16 Tumours
- Chapter 17 Trauma
- Chapter 18 Metabolic, endocrine, degenerative
- Chapter 19 Miscellaneous disorders
- Chapter 20 Aesthetic
- Chapter 21 Reconstruction
- Chapter 22 Flaps
- Chapter 23 Appendices
- Index
- Index
(p. 305) Nose, ear, face, mouth
- Chapter:
- (p. 305) Nose, ear, face, mouth
- Author(s):
Henk Giele
and Oliver Cassell
- DOI:
- 10.1093/med/9780192632227.003.0008
Nasal reconstruction 306
Rhinophyma 314
Ear reconstruction 315
Facial nerve palsy 318
Cheek reconstruction 323
Drooling 327
Lip reconstruction 329
Swallowing 336
The first recorded nasal reconstruction was with cheek (not forehead) flap skin as described in the Hindu Book of Revelation by Sushruta Samhita in 600BC. In the sixteenth century, Gaspare Tagliacozzi, Professor of Anatomy at the University of Bologna, used a distally based medial arm flap to reconstruct the nasal tip. The pedicle was divided at 3 weeks (and, curiously, at 2 weeks in damp weather)....
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- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Contributors
- Symbols and abbreviations
- Chapter 1 Plastic surgery science
- Chapter 2 Embryology
- Chapter 3 Anatomy and clinical assessment
- Chapter 4 Drugs and tools
- Chapter 5 Congenital
- Chapter 6 Skin
- Chapter 7 Eyelid
- Chapter 8 Nose, ear, face, mouth
- Chapter 9 Head and neck
- Chapter 10 Chest
- Chapter 11 Abdomen and trunk
- Chapter 12 Upper limb
- Chapter 13 Lower limb
- Chapter 14 Vascular
- Chapter 15 Infection
- Chapter 16 Tumours
- Chapter 17 Trauma
- Chapter 18 Metabolic, endocrine, degenerative
- Chapter 19 Miscellaneous disorders
- Chapter 20 Aesthetic
- Chapter 21 Reconstruction
- Chapter 22 Flaps
- Chapter 23 Appendices
- Index
- Index