Sushruta: Father of plastic surgery

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2-7

  Champaneria, Manish C ^a   Workman, Adrienne D ^a   Gupta, Subhas C ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

flap; history; India; nasal reconstruction; plastic surgery; rhinoplasty; Sushruta; Tagliacozzi

Indexed keywords

AYURVEDA; BOOK; HISTORY; INDIA; ITALY; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; PLASTIC SURGERY; SURGICAL FLAPS;

HISTORY, ANCIENT; INDIA; ITALY; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; RHINOPLASTY; SURGERY, PLASTIC; SURGICAL FLAPS; TEXTBOOKS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84902547962     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: 15363708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e31827ae9f5     Document Type: Article

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