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Environment
Conservation Journal

"An International Journal Devoted to Conservation of Environment"

(A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL)

ISSN: 2278-5124 (Online) :: ISSN: 0972-3099 (Print)

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Environment
Conservation Journal

"An International Journal Devoted to Conservation of Environment"

(A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL)

ISSN: 2278-5124 (Online) :: ISSN: 0972-3099 (Print)

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Environment
Conservation Journal

"An International Journal Devoted to Conservation of Environment"

(A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL)

ISSN: 2278-5124 (Online) :: ISSN: 0972-3099 (Print)

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Environment
Conservation Journal

"An International Journal Devoted to Conservation of Environment"

(A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL)

ISSN: 2278-5124 (Online) :: ISSN: 0972-3099 (Print)

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Environment
Conservation Journal

"An International Journal Devoted to Conservation of Environment"

(A PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL)

ISSN: 2278-5124 (Online) :: ISSN: 0972-3099 (Print)

A review article on surgical concepts of Acharya Sushruta

Singh M. , Sharma S., Sharma R.

Department of Shalya Tantra, National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

Sharma S.

Department of Shalya Tantra, Rajiv Gandhi Government Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Paprola, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Abstract

Surgery is an integral discipline of medical sciences that constitutes direct physical intervention on body tissues. Surgery has its roots in Ayurveda and Sushruta Samhita is the representative treatise of Indian School of Surgery (Shalya Tantra) by Acharya Sushruta. Sushruta is the revered father of anatomy, Indian surgery and designated first plastic surgeon of the world owing to his remarkable contribution. Principles of surgery laid down by Sushruta inhabit authentic basis and applicability in modern times as well.

KEYWORDS

Shalya Tantra, Surgery, Sushruta Samhita, Surgical Techniques

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CITE AS

Singh, M., Sharma, S., & Sharma, R. (2019). A review article on surgical concepts of Acharya Sushruta. Environment Conservation Journal, 20(1&2), 109-114.

https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2019.1008.1217