Citation
Rb. Karim et Jj. Hage, History offhand: A golfer's needleholder, PLAS R SURG, 106(6), 2000, pp. 1346-1347
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Medical Research Diagnosis & Treatment
Journal title
PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY
ISSN journal
00321052
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Volume
106
Issue
6
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1346 - 1347
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-1052(200011)106:6<1346:HOAGN>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
Sir Harold D. Gillies was the father of modern plastic surgery. Apart from
being an extraordinary surgeon, he was an innovator of surgical instruments
and an outstanding golfer. He adopted Kocher's suture scissors and convert
ed them for needleholding. The authors believe that the surgeon Gillies ada
pted this needleholder to fit his golfer's hand.