Plastic and reconstructive surgery in ayurved

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Journal name: International Ayurvedic Medical Journal
Original article title: Plastic and reconstructive surgery in ayurved
The International Ayurvedic Medical Journal (IAMJ) is a peer-reviewed scientific publication dedicated to Ayurveda. It aims to integrate Ayurvedic concepts with modern scientific understanding, offering a comprehensive source of validated knowledge for both the modern Ayurvedic community and the broader medical fraternity.

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Ahuja Deepak Kumar
Mishra Vandana


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Year: 2014

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Sandhan karma as described by Acharya Sushruta is a very old science which can becompared with the plastic surgery or reconstructive surgery in recent times. It is however very difficult to say when the first reconstructive operation on mankind was performed. Sushruta Samhita , which describes the ancient tradition of surgery in India, contains detailed descriptions of teachings and practice of the great ancient surgeon Acharya Sushruta . He has written about all the surgical diseases, their causes, types, prognosis and treatment, especially about the wounds. There are several Siddhanta or basic principles of Sushruta which are at the root oftoday’s surgery. Shashti - Upakrama is one among these principles. Shashti - Upakrama is thesixty types of treatment described for wound. Sandhan - Upakrama is one of them. Dalhana described the term Sandhana as unions of organs which are separated due to injury or trauma in his commentary. Today Sandhan is at its advanced position in the form of plastic and reconstructive surgery. But originally it was initiated with the Rhinoplasty operation performed by Sushruta called as Nasasandhan . Besides this, Sushruta has also performed KarnaSandhan (lobuloplasty) and Oshtha Sandhan . The aim of the study is to review the Sandhan - Upakram in historical(vedic) and ayurvedic texts and compare it with the present era’s plastic andreconstructive surgery. Keywords: Sandhana karma, Plastic surgery, Reconstructive surgery, Nasasandhan , Osthasandhan Ahuja Deepak

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