by smbalaji | Apr 10, 2019 | Surgery
Occurrence of facial asymmetry True symmetry cannot exist in nature. There is always a degree of asymmetry in everything. It can be so mild that it cannot be noticed or it can be severe enough to be easily noticeable. Every human face is slightly asymmetric. In most...
by smbalaji | Dec 3, 2018 | Surgery, Video
Patient with inability to open mouth following depressed zygoma fracture The patient is a middle-aged man from Hassan, Karnataka. He suffered a comminuted zygoma fracture from a road accident. Improper reduction elsewhere had left him with a depressed zygoma and...
by smbalaji | Sep 25, 2018 | Surgery, Video
Mechanism of Parry Romberg syndrome explained Parry Romberg syndrome is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome of unknown origin. It causes progressive hemifacial atrophy. This is often sporadic in its course. It leads to shrinkage of tissues underneath the skin. Only one...
by smbalaji | Jul 30, 2018 | Surgery, Video
Patient with nasal asymmetry and sunken right eye presents for surgery The patient is a young man who presented to our hospital for nasal asymmetry correction. This was from a road traffic accident six months ago. The patient had already been first operated on...
by smbalaji | Jul 25, 2018 | Events, Surgery
Presentation of neurofibroma in this young man A neurofibroma is a benign nerve sheath tumour of the peripheral nervous system. This is an inherited disorder of the nervous system. It adds to the bulk of the tissues and can be very disfiguring and distressing to the...
