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.
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A modified electroshave technique for the treatment of rhinophyma.
Br J Plast Surg
June 2001
Department of Plastic Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK.
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.
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