European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

ANCIENT SURGICAL TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES RELATED TO ENT (SHALAKYA TANTRA) MENTIONED IN SUSHRUTA SAMHITA

Dr. Manu Priya* and Dr. Vijayant Bhardwaj

ABSTRACT

In this article, we have discussed surgical procedures and techniques used in ENT mentioned by Acharya Sushruta in his renowned work, Sushruta Samhita. Acharya Sushruta, the pioneer of Sushruta Samhita, is known as ‘Father of Surgery’ and ‘Father of Plastic Surgery’. In Sushruta Samhita (~600 BC), detailed explanations of surgical instruments (yantras), different types of incisions, different suturing and bandaging techniques (bandha), fracture reductions, techniques of foreign body extraction etc. are found. He has also mentioned reconstruction (Sandhana) surgeries, which were in use among Vaidyas even during the colonial rule.

Keywords: Surgical procedures, Yantras, Bandha, Sandhana.