Rhinoplasty

(rif -no-plas-te). A plastic operation upon the nose, to replace lost ti ue. R., English, Syme's operation, in which flaps are taken from the cheek. R., German, v. Graefe's modification of the Tagliacotian rhinoplasty. The entire operation is done at a single sitting. R. of v. Graefe, R., German, q. v. R., Heteroplastic, rhinoplasty in which the ti ues are removed from some person other than the one operated upon. R., Indian, an operation originating in India, in which the flap is taken from the forehead. R., Italian. Synonym of R., Tagliacotian. R., Langenbeck's, a modification of the Indian method, in which the periosteum is included in the frontal flap. See Operations, Table of. R., Osteoplastic, rhinoplasty with transplantation of a cartilaginous flap to replace the septum nas i. R., Periosteal. See R., Langenbeck' ' s. R. of Post, a modified Tagliacotian rhinoplasty, in which the flap is taken from the finger of the patient. R. of Syme, English rhinoplasty, q. v. R., Tagliacotian, rhinoplasty as performed by Tagliacozzi. The flap is taken from the skin of the arm. R. of Wood, rhinoplasty in which an inverted flap from the upper lip is elongated by detaching the mucous from the cutaneous surface from the root of the flap to its free border. This defect is covered with lateral flaps from the cheeks.