New Rhinoplasty Instruments

New Rhinoplasty Instruments: Columella Scissors and Self-retaining Aufricht Retractor

1 BackGROund Surgical instruments are essential helpers on the way to better results. As in the surgical procedure itself, also with the equipment, even small changes in details may make a big difference concerning handling, potentially affecting the outcome. Over many years of practicing rhinoplasty, the author has repeatedly asked the manufacturer to optimize the design of instruments, leadin...

Semi-open rhinoplasty: a new Maxillofacial technique

BACKGROUND Rhinoplasty "open" represents a surgical technique to access to the internal structures of the nose; it is an alternative to more traditional "closed" rhinoplasty. However, both these techniques have some advantages and some disadvantages. In this work the authors describe a case that shows the steps of a new surgical technique: the "semi-open" rhinoplasty. METHODS The "semi-open" ...

Exhibition of New Instruments

[New instruments, same risks].

This issue of the journal includes a publication on the adaptation of the Systematic COronary Risk Evaluation (SCORE) to estimate the risk of death from preventable diseases such as cerebrovascular disease (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD), among other cardiovascular diseases.1 The original system was designed to help guide clinicians responsible for the primary prevention of cardiovascula...

New anthropometric instruments.

Anthropometric examinations have been carried out since 1901 (USA) with the aim of developing and furthering the garment and footwear size system. The contribution to the solution of these problems was noticed in the last decades when a technical board was founded and the propositions in ISO norm series as well as in European norm (EN) series were prescribed. Two methods are employed in anthrop...