Sir Harold Delf Gillies, the otolaryngologist and father of modern facial plastic surgery: review of his rhinoplasty case notes

Spencer CR.

In the archive as a landmark paper: the core sweep runs 2011–2026, and this one is here because the history of rhinoplasty rests on it · cited on history of rhinoplasty, pioneers.

PubMed 25858011 Publisher (DOI)

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“Sir Harold Gillies, born in New Zealand, is widely considered a British icon and the father of modern plastic surgery. Objective: This article provides an overview of his life and the circumstances which led to him laying the foundations of plastic surgery in Britain in the early twentieth century. Methods: A hand…”

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25858011

DOI

10.1017/S0022215115000754

Journal

J Laryngol Otol

Year

2015

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Type

Biography, Historical Article, Journal Article

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History, education and training

Rhinoplasty is the oldest operation in plastic surgery and one of the hardest to teach: the technique reaches a trainee through a fellowship year, a meeting, a video and, increasingly, a printed model, because the traditional apprenticeship gives most residents almost no hands-on time.

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