Aesthetic Plastic Surgery
Volume 23, Number 1, 61-69, DOI: 10.1007/s002669900244

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Scientific Contributions of U.S. Plastic Surgeons to the Revue de Chirurgie Plastique and the Revue de Chirurgie Structive, Brussels (1931–1938)rid="*"id="*"Editors Note: In agreement with Ian T. Jackson, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of the European Journal of Plastic Surgery, we both agreed that this historical contribution of Dr. Jacques Vrebos of Brussels should be distributed to as wide a plastic surgery audience as possible. In Dr. Jackson's own words: ``We have taken the somewhat unusual step of publishing it in both of our journals.'' As Ian Jackson emphasizes: ``It is important that we do not forget those who contributed so much to plastic surgery in the past.'' The editor was fortunate enough to study under two of the plastic surgeons whose articles appeared in these journals—namely, Dr. Jerome P. Webster and Dr. Lyndon A. Peer, and also enjoyed knowing as personal friends Drs. Robert Ivy, Jacques Maliniak, Gustavo Sanvenero-Rosselli, Clarence Straatsma, and Claire Straith. Blair O. Rogers, M.D. Editor-in-Chief

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Abstract

The author emphasizes the close cooperation between U.S. plastic surgeons and the first international journal entirely devoted to plastic surgery, the Revue de Chirurgie Plastique (1931–1934) later to become the Revue de Chirurgie Structive (1935–1938) published under the editorship of Maurice Coelst, M.D. from Brussels. By the accurate recording of original articles, book reviews, proceedings of their annual meetings and summaries in three different languages (English, French, German), the author stresses the intense scientific dynamism and the achievements made by the U.S. pioneers of this new speciality, which really started during World War I.

Key words: History, U.S. Plastic Surgeons—Revue de Chirurgie Plastique—Revue de Chirurgie Structive

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