Gregor M Bran is a senior staff member within the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery at Dr Horst-Schmidt-Kliniken, Wiesbaden, Germany. As an exclusive scholarship holder of the EAFPS, he completed his fellowship in the Netherlands and the USA. Dr Bran founded and runs the Center for Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Head and Neck Surgery in his hospital. He has specialist interest in the fields of rhinoplasty, blepharoplasty and anti-aging procedures. His scientific work focuses on wound healing, and evaluation of facial attractiveness. He has published in international journals and presents regularly at international conferences.
JOURNALS REVIEWED: Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America and JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery – Oct 2014 (ongoing)
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Form versus function concerning the external nasal valve
External nasal valve dysfunction is known to be a common cause of nasal obstruction. The authors present a prospective case series (n=19) including primary and revision cases of functional rhinoplasties. All patients reported nasal obstruction and were diagnosed with external...
Stairsteps to breathing
Surgery of the nasal valve is a particularly challenging aspect of functional rhinoplasty surgery. The nasal valve area represents the segment with the smallest cross-sectional diameter of the entire airway. The authors of this article present a novel method to...
Evaluation of lateral crural steal
Many techniques to increase nasal tip projection and rotation have been described. The lateral crural steal (LCS) technique appears to be suitable for patients who have an under-rotation associated with poor projection of the nasal tip. The objective of the...
