T. Dogan et al., PLASTIC SURGICAL TECHNIQUES IN THE 15TH-CENTURY BY SABUNCUOGLU,SERAFEDDIN, Plastic and reconstructive surgery, 99(6), 1997, pp. 1775-1779
Serafeddin Sabuncuoglu (A.D. 1385-1468) is the author of the first ill
ustrated surgical textbook in the Turkish-Islamic literature, namely,
Cerrahiyet-ul Haniyye (Imperial Surgery). A pioneer in all fields of s
urgery, Sabuncuoglu developed numerous original techniques. He was a k
een observer and inventor and a prolific writer who combined his fortu
ne with knowledge of his era. He described a mass reduction procedure
for the management of gynecomastia, probably one of the first attempts
at reduction mammaplasty. He gave detailed descriptions of different
eyelid pathologies and their surgical managements. The aim of this stu
dy is to investigate the contributions of this remarkable pioneer to t
he field of plastic surgery.