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Warren B. Davis and the Birth of Plastic Surgery in Philadelphia: A Historical Vignette

The field of plastic surgery, formally organized in 1931 with the founding of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, was shaped in many ways by a small practice of Philadelphia physicians. At the center of the practice was Warren B. Davis, a Philadelphia otolaryngologist and pla...

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Autores principales: Wagoner, Sarah F., Yeo, Charles J., Tholey, Renee M., Fox, James W., Copit, Steven E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9760618/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36569246
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004675
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author Wagoner, Sarah F.
Yeo, Charles J.
Tholey, Renee M.
Fox, James W.
Copit, Steven E.
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description The field of plastic surgery, formally organized in 1931 with the founding of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, was shaped in many ways by a small practice of Philadelphia physicians. At the center of the practice was Warren B. Davis, a Philadelphia otolaryngologist and plastics pioneer whose innovations in cleft palate surgery would lead to significant improvements in functional and cosmetic outcomes in his time. In addition to his own innovations, Davis was responsible for the training of John Reese, the inventor of the Reese dermatome that changed the face of burn medicine during World War II. Aside from his contributions to surgery and the founding of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Davis was also the founder and first editor of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery journal which to this day is the premiere, authoritative journal of plastic surgery. Lastly, Dr. Davis established a plastic surgical practice, now Jefferson Plastic Surgery. Unique in its longevity, this practice would continue to shape the field of plastic surgery and continues to improve lives today—109 years after its founding in 1913.
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spelling pubmed-97606182022-12-22 Warren B. Davis and the Birth of Plastic Surgery in Philadelphia: A Historical Vignette Wagoner, Sarah F. Yeo, Charles J. Tholey, Renee M. Fox, James W. Copit, Steven E. Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open Education The field of plastic surgery, formally organized in 1931 with the founding of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, was shaped in many ways by a small practice of Philadelphia physicians. At the center of the practice was Warren B. Davis, a Philadelphia otolaryngologist and plastics pioneer whose innovations in cleft palate surgery would lead to significant improvements in functional and cosmetic outcomes in his time. In addition to his own innovations, Davis was responsible for the training of John Reese, the inventor of the Reese dermatome that changed the face of burn medicine during World War II. Aside from his contributions to surgery and the founding of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Dr. Davis was also the founder and first editor of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery journal which to this day is the premiere, authoritative journal of plastic surgery. Lastly, Dr. Davis established a plastic surgical practice, now Jefferson Plastic Surgery. Unique in its longevity, this practice would continue to shape the field of plastic surgery and continues to improve lives today—109 years after its founding in 1913. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2022-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9760618/ /pubmed/36569246 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/GOX.0000000000004675 Text en Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. on behalf of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives License 4.0 (CCBY-NC-ND) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) , where it is permissible to download and share the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be changed in any way or used commercially without permission from the journal.
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Warren B. Davis and the Birth of Plastic Surgery in Philadelphia: A Historical Vignette
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