title: Instruments in rhinoplasty: who is behind the name?
abstract: Rhinoplasty is considered one of the most commonly performed and most challenging operations in facial plastic surgery. The modern facial plastic surgeon utilizes many instruments in performing this procedure. Many of these instruments take their names from the pioneers who invented or designed them. Although meritorious, the recent trend in medicine to move away from eponyms in lieu of descriptive names should not come at the price of forgetting history. Although this communication does not seek to provide a comprehensive history of rhinoplasty or of its pioneers, our aim is to mention several of the salient contributing figures upon whose shoulders we stand and whose eponymous instruments we use commonly in rhinoplasty.
authors.affiliation: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 310 E 14th Street, 6th Fl, New York, NY 10003, USA.
authors.forename: Masoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saman
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, New York, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Samuel N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Helman
authors.affiliation: New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 310 E 14th Street, 6th Fl, New York, NY 10003, USA. Electronic address: skadakia@nyee.edu.
authors.forename: Sameep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kadakia
authors.affiliation: Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, New York, NY 10461, USA.
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Naymagon
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D004954:Esthetics; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D012225:Rhinoplasty / Q000266:history / Q000295:instrumentation*; D066231:Surgeons / Q000266:history*; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000145:classification / Q000266:history*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: History; Instruments; Maker; Rhinoplasty