Cikitsāsthāna · The Celebrated Rhinoplasty
From The Suśruta Saṃhitā, taught by Acharya T Krishnatrey. This lesson is free to read.
<pre data-block="objectives">Understand Suśruta's nose-reconstruction and why it astonished the world See surgery joined to careful reconstruction and aftercare</pre> <pre data-block="statement">Reconstructing the nose | Suśruta describes rebuilding a severed nose (nāsā-sandhāna) using a flap of living skin rotated from the cheek or forehead, shaped to fit, kept nourished by its pedicle, supported by tubes, and dressed with care. This is PLASTIC SURGERY — the "Indian flap" — over two thousand years before its modern rediscovery.</pre>