A modified electroshave technique for the treatment of rhinophyma.
Rhinophyma is commonly treated by shaving the involved florid tissue with a scalpel. A technique using a modified electrocoagulation handset, which was used on 11 patients, is described. This technique allows the operator to sculpt the shape of the nose in a relatively bloodless field. The results in 10 of the 11 patients were good to excellent and the rate of complications was both small and avoidable.
Humzah
M D
MD
Department of Plastic Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
Pandya
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AN
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004564:Electrocoagulation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004954:Esthetics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010781:Photography / Q000379:methods; D012224:Rhinophyma / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014945:Wound Healing