Category Archives: Plastic Surgery

Breast Fat Grafting Cannulas: Composite Augmentation Tools

Breast fat grafting cannulas explained: long blunt injection cannulas up to 25 cm, 1.4 to [...]

Cartilage Crushers and Morselizers in Rhinoplasty

Cartilage crusher morselizer guide: block crushers tapped with a mallet, smooth or serrated beds, the [...]

Yankauer Suction Tip: Uses, French Sizes and the Frazier Compared

What a Yankauer suction tip is used for, why it has that name, and how [...]

Towel Clamp Types: Backhaus, Lorna, Jones and How to Choose

Towel clamp types compared: perforating Backhaus, non perforating Lorna and Edna, Jones and micro clips, [...]

Surgical Calipers in Plastic Surgery: The Complete Guide to 5 Patterns

Surgical calipers for plastic surgery compared: the Castroviejo, Ginsberg and Jameson calipers and the McKissock [...]

Types of Surgical Retractors: A Complete Guide to Their Names and Uses

Types of surgical retractors explained by name: hand held patterns from skin hooks to the [...]

Nasal Rasp Guide: How to Choose the Cut and the Grit

A nasal rasp guide for rhinoplasty: forward and reverse cut, steel or tungsten carbide teeth, [...]

Osteotome vs Chisel in Rhinoplasty: Straight, Curved or Guarded

Osteotome vs chisel in rhinoplasty: the double bevel against the single bevel, straight blades for [...]

Breast Augmentation Instruments: The Tray, Step by Step

Breast augmentation instruments in the order a case uses them: marker, retractors, long blunt dissectors [...]

Periosteal Elevator: Types, Uses and How to Choose One

A periosteal elevator lifts the periosteum off bone in one sheet. The Freer, Cottle, Howarth, [...]