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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Nasal osteotomies
The authors performed a prospective cadaveric study (N=20). They evaluated different fracture patterns in order to define the necessity for performing paramedian or transversal osteotomies. To do so, the cadavers were divided into two groups. Ten had a paramedian osteotomy...
Loosen up
Lower eyelid retraction is a complex eyelid malposition with varied causes and anatomic features that make correction of eyelid position challenging. This original study presents a new surgical concept for correction of lower eyelid retraction in a particular patient population:...
Simplification measure for costal cartilage grafting
The scalpel is currently the instrument used by most surgeons for carving costal cartilage grafts. However, this method is time consuming, requires a high degree of skill, and is far from ideal for reproducibly attaining uniform slices, even in expert...
