TONSIL GUILLOTINE WITH A DULL BLADE

An Improved Method of Using the Tonsil Guillotine

operations are now distinguished, viz., tonsillotomy, in which only a slice of the enlarged tonsil is removed, and tonsillectomy, in which the whole tonsil is removed with its capsule intact. The former operation is carried out with a guillotine, the latter by dissection. The merits or demerits of the rival operations I do not propose to discuss. To those interested in the question, both sides ...

Two-Blade Guillotine Technique for Nipple Graft Harvest

The nipple-sharing technique for nipple reconstruction offers excellent tissue matching. The method used for nipple graft harvesting determines the quality of the graft and hence, the success of nipple sharing. Here, we described a guillotine technique wherein the nipple is first transfixed with 2 straight needles to stabilise it. Two No. 11 blades are then inserted in the center and simultaneo...

Never a dull enzyme.

A 5-year-old male with a lesion on the tonsil. Fibroepithelial polyp of tonsil.

475 Editor’s note: Each month, this department features a discussion of an unusual diagnosis. A description and images are presented, followed by the diagnosis and an explanation of how the diagnosis was determined. As always, your comments are welcome via email at [email protected]. Ahealthy 5-year-old male presented with a nodule on his right palatine tonsil that had been present for the past...

A Tale on Guillotine Cut

The guillotine cut is an important tool to design polynomialtime approximation schemes for geometric optimization problems. In this article, we survey its history and recent developments.