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Background: Joseph Pancoast (1805-1882), a prominent figure in 19th-century surgery and medical education, introduced several innovative surgical techniques during his careerPurpose: While he made significant contributions to various areas of surgery, including plastic surgery and anatomy, his techniques were particularly notable for their precision and efficacy.Results: Some of his surgical innovations are the facial grafting especially in rhinoplasty either by using a forehead graft or by using a graft from the cheeks. He introduced his own operation for Staphyloplasty by dissecting two flaps of mucous membrane having a triangular shape and contributed also in taliacotian operation, blepharoplasty, otoplasty, cheiloplastic operation in case of lip cancer, amputations at the hip-joint, ocular deformities and tongue cancer restoration. In ocular surgery he had produced a fine needle turned into a hook in order to be inserted behind the cornea to cut deeply the soft parts of the lens and withdraw any hardened nucleus.

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Disorders of sexual development (DSD) have been documented throughout human history with fascination. Healers of all cultures have struggled to explain, and later correct with surgery, the physical manifestations of DSD. DSD was portrayed in the mythology, legends, and art of the ancient Greeks, Romans, Sumerians, Babylonians, and Egyptians. Techniques of feminizing genitoplasties date to the time of Celsus in the time of Christ. Acceptable operative therapy for feminine phenotypes of DSD came in the 19th and 20th centuries. Masculinizing procedures, inherently more complex than feminizing genitoplasties, initially were variations of procedures for severe forms of hypospadias. Today most total penile reconstruction procedures use reconstructive and microvascular techniques invented in 20th century.

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INTRODUCTION: The basis of dorsal preservation rhinoplasty goes back to the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. In that era, pioneers such as Drs. Goodale, Lothrop, and Cottle were prominent surgeons who reported on this technique. Currently, there has been a renewed interest of this technique that stems from the nasal anatomy and an interest in less destructive techniques. In this review, we discuss examples of the contributions of those surgeons, which represent some of the earliest experiences in this field. METHODS: We reviewed several journals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries as detailed in the references section. We collected the related publications on closed reduction techniques performed by Drs. Goodale, Lothrop, and Cottle. RESULTS: The publications on closed reduction techniques by Drs. Goodale, Lothrop, and Cottle described similar thought processes and techniques comparable to current dorsal preservation rhinoplasty techniques. The thought processes of these 3 renowned rhinoplasty surgeons appear to be very much relevant today. CONCLUSIONS: Although there has been recent resurgence in dorsal preservation rhinoplasty techniques due to anatomical and functional aspects of the nose, the basis of dorsal preservation rhinoplasty goes far back to more than 100 years ago.

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La Sociedad Española de Cirugía Plástica, Reparadora y Estética (SECPRE) ha experimentado cambios desde su inicio en 1953 y sus integrantes han participado en la creación de diferentes sociedades profesionales que han mostrado su eficacia en el desarrollo de la especialidad. La creación de la Fundación Docente SECPRE contribuye a mejorar la formación de los futuros especialistas, a los que hay que mantener motivados después de un exigente examen de ingreso en el sistema de formación nacional de médicos internos y residentes español. En la especialidad de Cirugía Plástica no existe desempleo, pero hay interinidad en muchos puestos de trabajo. Es una especialidad que ha sabido adaptarse al progreso de la ciencia médica y ha contribuido a su desarrollo. Mantener motivadas a las nuevas generaciones de especialistas, adaptarse a las necesidades de los cambios sociales y seguir contribuyendo a los avances biomédicos, son el camino de una especialidad que repara los "tejidos histológicos"

The Spanish Society of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery (SECPRE) has undergone changes since its inception in 1953 and its members have participated in the creation of different professional societies, which have shown their effectiveness in the development of the specialty. The creation of the SECPRE Educational Foundation helps to improve the training of future specialists, who must keep motivated after a demanding examination to enter into the spanish national residents training system. In the specialty of Plastic Surgery there is no unemployment, but temporariness is too common. The specialty has adapted to the progress of medical science and has contributed to its development. Keeping the new generations of specialists motivated, adapting to the needs of social changes and continuing to contribute to biomedical advances are the path of a specialty that repairs the "histological tissues"

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There is an old saying that if you think you have discovered something new then it is because you don't read the German literature and there is some truth in this. When Plastic Surgery is mentioned the usual reply is "Ah, Gillies" as though he was the fons et origo of Plastic and Reconstructive surgery. The fact is that there were many more pioneering plastic surgeons outside the British Empire, whose work preceded and even surpassed Gilles. In 1818, Karl Ferdinand von Gräefe published "Rhinoplastik" and coined the term plastic surgery (Plastische Chirurgie). Eduard Zeis, in 1838 published the textbook "Handbuch der plastischen Chirurgie" and established its meaning based on hundreds of references. Undoubtably, the first decades of the 20th century, especially the war between 1914 and 1918, were the genesis of most modern developments in plastic surgery and there were many more pioneering plastic surgeons outside the British Empire, whose work preceded, equalled and even surpassed Gillies, despite his admirable achievements.

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Se explica el origen de los términos cirugía plástica y rinoplastia, así como los inicios de la especialidad y de esta cirugía nasal. Se exponen cuáles fueron las necesidades que atendieron y qué lugar ocuparon la reparación y la reconstrucción en la historia y la filosofía de la medicina. La cirugía plástica se instaló como la disciplina quirúrgica encargada de buscar la recuperación de la identidad perdida. (AU)

The origin of the terms of "plastic surgery" and "Rhinoplasty" is explained, as well as the beginning of the specialty and this nasal surgery. It explains what his need was and how he filled that gap, the repair and reconstruction in the history and philosophy of medicine. It was installed as the surgical discipline in charge of seeking the recovery of the lost identity. (AU)

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During the Second World War, Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE), a secret service established to encourage resistance and carry out sabotage, employed various techniques of enhancing the ability of its personnel to operate undetected in enemy territory. One of these methods was surgery. Drawing on recently declassified records, this article illuminates SOE's reasons for commissioning this procedure, the needs and wants of those who received it, and the surgeons employed to carry it out. It also aims to underline the role of context in shaping perceptions of facial surgery, and the potential for surgery for wartime disguise to resonate with current debates about human enhancement.

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INTRODUCCIÓN Y OBJETIVO: La presencia de la Cirugía Plástica, Estética y Reparadora en todos los ámbitos se ha visto incrementada en los últimos años. La mayoría de pacientes son mujeres, sobre todo en el campo de la Cirugía Estética, en contraposición a que la visibilidad de los profesionales dedicados a esta especialidad es mayoritariamente masculina. A raíz del incremento de las voces femeninas en muy diferentes entornos profesionales se inicia el estudio de la situación de las cirujanas plásticas en España. La finalidad de este artículo es visibilizar el papel de las mujeres cirujanas plásticas españolas y ponerlo en un contexto no solo histórico sino también cultural, social y geográfico. Esta toma de conciencia es el primer paso para definir cómo queremos que sea nuestra profesión y mejorar la situación en la que nos encontramos desde una perspectiva inclusiva. MATERIAL Y MÉTODO: Realizamos para ello una búsqueda bibliográfica y documental, así como consulta en las páginas web de las sociedades científicas de Cirugía Plástica españolas. RESULTADOS: Obtuvimos los datos sobre el número de las profesionales mujeres, inscripción en registros, tasa de publicaciones y comparativa con otros países. CONCLUSIONES: Con los datos obtenidos llegamos a la conclusión de que las cirujanas plásticas españolas son minoría con respecto a los varones en la misma especialidad, datos que se pueden extrapolar al resto de países donde la especialidad y la mayoría de especialidades quirúrgicas están representadas mayoritariamente por varones

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: The presence of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery in all areas has been increased in recent years. Most of the patients are women, especially in the field of Aesthetic Surgery, as opposed to the visibility of professionals dedicated to this specialty where surgeons are mostly male. Following the increase of female voices in very different professional fields, investigation about the situation of women plastic surgeons in Spain is the aim of this study. The purpose of the article is to make visible the role of women Spanish plastic surgeons and bring it to context not only historical but also cultural, social and geographical. This awareness is the first step to define how we want our profession to be and improve the situation in which we find ourselves from an inclusive perspective. METHODS: A bibliographic and documentary search has been carried out as well as the consultation on the web pages of the Spanish scientific societies of Plastic Surgery. RESULTS: We obtained data on the number of professionals, registration, records and publications, comparing it with other countries. CONCLUSIONS: With the data obtained we conclude that Spanish women plastic surgeons are a minority with respect to men and these data can be extrapolated to the rest of countries where the specialty and the majority of surgical specialties are represented mostly by men

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Sir Sydney Sunderland (1910-1993) was an eminent physician and anatomist who identified the fascicular structure of nerves, and developed the eponymous 5-tiered classification of nerve injuries. Not long before his death, he presented a keynote address to the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia. Recently, the videotape of his presentation was discovered. In the presentation, Sir Sydney included discussion on the history of nerve repair, commencing with Herophilus and Galen, and progressing through the Middle Ages, including Leonardo of Bertapaglia, and he further noted the discoveries during the 1800s of the microscope, the axon, and nerve histology (including Remak, Schwann, Nissl, and Golgi), Waller's findings on nerve degeneration, and nerve injury (His, Cajal, Forsmann, and Harrison). Sir Sydney discussed nerve injuries sustained during World War I, with the deleterious effects of infection, and following the many nerve injuries sustained during World War II, he discussed his own discoveries of internal topography of nerve fascicles, and the anatomical substrate of nerve fascicles that limit surgery for nerve repair, nerve grafts, and the basic science of spinal cord repair. This paper presents a transcript of Sunderland's presentation and includes many of his original images used to illustrate this tour de force of nerve repair.

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