Abstract | UNLABELLED:
Rhinophyma, a progressive, disfiguring disease of the nose, is considered the final stage of acne rosacea. In its early stages, rhinophyma can be managed with medical treatment using isotretinoin or oral antibiotics ( metronidazole). However, severe cases usually are refractory to medical approaches. Surgical therapies to treat these severe refractory cases have been described. This report describes a simple, safe, efficient, and cost-effective approach to the treatment of severe rhinophyma using a scalpel and the electroscalpel, instruments readily available in every operating room. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE V: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
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Authors | H Husein-ElAhmed, R Armijo-Lozano |
Journal | Aesthetic plastic surgery
(Aesthetic Plast Surg)
Vol. 37
Issue 3
Pg. 572-5
(Jun 2013)
ISSN: 1432-5241 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 23456145
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Humans
- Male
- Rhinophyma
(surgery)
- Rhinoplasty
(instrumentation, methods)
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