A walking-stalk skin flap or waltzing tube pedicle is a reconstructive technique in which the skin and soft tissue to be used for the flap is formed into a tubular pedicle and moved from the source to the target site by anchoring at both ends, periodically severing one end and anchoring it closer to the flap target site. (wikipedia.org)
They used reconstructive surgical techniques in India around 800 BC. (essentialfeeling.co.uk)
Sir Harold Delf Gillies, considered by many to be the Father of modern Plastic Surgery, often said- While Reconstructive Surgery aims to restore an individual to normal, Cosmetic Surgery attempts to surpass the normal. (cosmeticsurgeondelhi.net)
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We consider the father of modern plastic surgery is Sir Harold Gillies. (essentialfeeling.co.uk)
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Modern plastic surgery has started with Sir Harold Gillies. (emfmedia.org)
However, if we are talking about more modern plastic surgery techniques, then we could argue that it came into the forefront of medicine during the horrors of World War One. (healthlisted.com)
In this case, it was Harold Gillies who pioneered modern forms of plastic surgery. (healthlisted.com)
Development of modern techniques Walter Yeo, a sailor wounded in the Battle of Jutland, will undergo plastic surgery in 1917. (essentialfeeling.co.uk)
As a New Zealand otolaryngologist working in London, he developed many of the techniques used in modern facial surgery to care for soldiers who suffered disfiguring facial injuries during World War 1. (essentialfeeling.co.uk)
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The Roman scholar Aulus Cornelius Celsus recorded surgical techniques, including plastic surgery, in the 1st century AD. (essentialfeeling.co.uk)
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Microsurgery is also done to restore blood circulation to hand and feet when this disrupted due to severe injury such as in road accidents, industrial accidents, warfare etc. (cosmeticsurgeondelhi.net)
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He pioneered current face surgery techniques in the treatment of soldiers. (emfmedia.org)
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The technique was invented by Harold Gillies and developed by Archibald McIndoe for the treatment of battle injuries. (wikipedia.org)
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However, the breakthrough that Harold Gillies made was that, in some cases, the healthy skin graft should still be connected to the body to ensure a consistent supply of healthy blood. (healthlisted.com)
Microsurgery is also used to transfer large chunks of tissue consisting of skin, soft tissue and sometimes bones from one area in body to another, joining the blood vessels and nerves to recipient area, thus restoring its circulation, sensation and function. (cosmeticsurgeondelhi.net)