Textbook of Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty. Open Surgical Techniques

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction to Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty
CHAPTER 2 - Surgical Anatomy of the Nasal Tip
CHAPTER 3 - Aetiology, Pathology and Pathogenesis of Nasal Tip Deformities
CHAPTER 4 - Assessment of the Nasal Tip
CHAPTER 5 - Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty - Consultation Process
CHAPTER 6 -Surgical Principles in Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty
CHAPTER 7 - Open (External) Approach - Incision and flap elevation
CHAPTER 8 - Suture techniques in Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty
CHAPTER 9 - Grafting techniques in Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty
CHAPTER 10 - Non suture and Non grafting techniques in Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty
CHAPTER 11 - Management of Nasal Septum. A "Step-Ladder" approach
CHAPTER 12 - Controlling the Nasal Dorsum
CHAPTER 13 - Alar Base Surgery
CHAPTER 14 - Cleft Lip Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty
CHAPTER 15 - Closing the Skin Flap in Open Approach Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty
CHAPTER 16 - Postoperative care and Complications after nasal tip rhinoplasty
CHAPTER 17- Nasal Valve Surgery - A "new" Concept
CHAPTER 18 - Surgical Algorythms in Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty
CHAPTER 19 - Case Studies in Nasal Tip Rhinoplasty
CHAPTER 20 - Ethics considerations in Rhinoplasty

This textbook addresses the growing need for a manual that teaches when and how to perform nasal tip rhinoplasty through an "Open-Approach". Practitioners will value the comprehensive coverage of the topic.

The actual surgical steps involved in the various techniques form the main body of the work, while a wealth of intra-operative photographs facilitate the learning experience. The views expressed are solely those of the author, based on his personal experience. He makes no claims to the content being exhaustive or the only possible approach and has extensively referenced various experts in the field who have contributed to this topic. This book represents the author's view of how to approach nasal tip deformities, and how to arrive at an algorithm in putting together various surgical techniques in a "sequence" to achieve meaningful results. The book also explores the clinical correlation, which is just as or arguably even more important in nasal tip surgery. The main chapters will focus on the suture, grafting, non-suture and non-grafting techniques in nasal tip reconstruction.
Drawing on the author's surgical experience, gathered in the course of over 1700 open tip surgeries over 23 years, the book fills a lacuna in teaching and training and will be of interest to all trainees and consultant surgeons seeking concise information on nasal tip surgery.

Natarajan Balaji has been a Consultant Otolaryngologist and Facial Plastic Surgeon at University Hospital of Monklands, NHS Lanarkshire in Scotland, UK, since 1998. Having trained in London, Birmingham, and Glasgow, his main interest is in functional and structural rhinoplasty, particularly nasal tip reconstruction. He is board certified by the European Board of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive surgery since 2004. In addition, he has a tertiary referral practice in rhinoplasty and nasal tip reconstruction. Mr. Balaji is considered a national expert in the field and has been an invited lecturer and tutor in several local and international courses over the past 23 years. He has published extensively on rhinoplasty and nasal tip surgery including original articles.