By Swapan Kumar Ghosh

This book aims at providing guidance, in a systematic manner on preoperative assessment and surgical techniques of primary and secondary rhinoplasty to the ENT and plastic surgeons. The chapters have been primarily designed to present the basic essential steps of rhinoplasty operation. The book is comprehensive and is designed for students of ENT and plastic surgery. Junior ENT surgeons and plastic surgeons will get interest in rhinoplasty by reading this book. Preoperative and postoperative photographs with short description of the procedure and illustrations will help in clear understanding of the subject. This book is of practical use for the neophytes as well as the experienced rhinoplastic surgeons. This book provides the very clear and comprehensive text is nicely illustrated by instructive drawings and pre- and postoperative pictures. This book consists of 21 chapters, which discusses about the history of rhinoplasty, anatomy and physiology, instruments and preoperative assessment, anesthesia, basic technique, incisions and approaches, mobilization of soft tissues (skeletonization), nasal spine, removal of hump, septoplasty, osteotomies, shortening the nose and narrowing of middle third of nose and tip plasty. Sutures and dressing, postoperative care, augmentation rhinoplasty, rhinoplasty in atrophic rhinitis, surgery of the crooked nose, surgery of alar, columellar deformity and vestibular stenosis, nasal reconstruction and revision rhinoplasty are also provided in this chapter. Besides approaches and techniques, also basics on anatomy, pre- and postoperative assessment and more advanced cleft lip rhinoplasty, revision rhinoplasty and nasal reconstruction are also covered in this book.