Surgery

Cosmetic surgery from its reconstructive origins in the First World War to elective practice, and the complications recorded in the medical literature.

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  1. - Amputation instrument set, Strasbourg, France,. The leather case set contains a range of equipment a surgeon would need to perform amputations. These include a number of rather gruesome looking knives and saws to cut through skin, muscle and bone.
  2. - Amputation knife, Paris, France,. Made from steel with an ebony handle, this surgical knife was used for amputations. Its curved shape was typical of amputation knives of the period, when surgeons tended to make a circular cut through the skin and muscle around the bone before that was then cut with a saw.
  3. - J C Carpue, An account of two successful ope. The Indian method of rhinoplasty. From An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose #133, 1816.
  4. - MSHWR Deformity and plastic operation part I vol 2 pag 377. Illustration from The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (USG Printing Office, ) - Deformity after gunshot of the face and rseult of a plastic operation - part I vol 2 pag 377.
  5. - Rhinoplasty (CP 1697), National Museum of Health and Medicine (284685853). F Health and Medicine Portrait of a man who received a rhinoplasty after losing his nose in an injury. The "prosthetic" nose, in the case, is one of his fingers.
  6. - WW1 Plastic surgery cases. Single from group of six on page plate depicting WW1 plastic surgery cases at the King George Military Hospital taken by Dr Albert Norman, Scientific phototgrapher. Medical Photographic Library.
  7. - Walter Yeo skin graft. Walter Yeo, the first person to receive plastic surgery, before (left) and after(right) skin flap surgery performed by Sir Harold Delf Gillies in 1917. The pictures of Walter's face before the surgery are blurry and hard to come by.
  8. - Plastic surgery,. Photographs of patients', (soldiers') recovery taken from two albums of photographs of plastic surgery cases at The King George Military Hospital, (later Red Cross Hospital), Stamford Street, London. Archives Manuscripts Keywords: king george military hospital; PLASTIC SURGERY; Albert Norman.
  9. - RhinoplastySplint2. Preparing for the metal splint. The nose is first covered with paper tape in a fashion to help maintain its new shape.
  10. - RhinoplastySkull. View of the human skull, showing the bones of the nose that are modified during a rhinoplasty. Those bones are shaded in blue.
  11. - RhinoplastySplint1. At the end of the rhinoplasty, ready for placing the splint. Purple marks on the nose guided the surgeon in making cuts in the bone.
  12. - RhinoplastyRasps. Three rasps used to file down a bony hump during a rhinoplasty. The rasps' teeth come in different shapes, orientations, and grades.
  13. - Ruptured implant. A breast implant failure: the parts of a surgically explanted breast implant are the red, fibrous capsule (left), the ruptured silicone implant (center), and the transparent filler-gel that leaked with the capsule (right).
  14. - USMC-081118-M-3819R-067. Timothy Miller, chief of reconstructive and plastic surgery at the University of California Los Angeles Medical Center, marked Aaron Mankin's face during an examination before Mankin's 12th surgery under Miller's knife Nov. 18 at UCLA Medical Center.
  15. - Fat removal using cannula during tumescent liposuction. A 40-year old woman undergoing a combination liposuction and abdominoplasty. Power-assisted liposuction is the technique being performed in the.
  16. - Abdominoplasty completely sutured. The completely sutured area where nearly 100 square centimeters of skin was removed during a combination abdominoplasty and liposuction procedure (also known as a " lipo-tuck "). Note the "neo"-umbilicus (belly button) that was reattached to a newly created hole.
  17. - Removal of fat from lower eyelid during blepharoplasty 2. After the fat has been pulled out from the lower eyelid during a blepharoplasty procedure, it is clamped towards the base and prepared for removal.
  18. - Exposing lower lateral cartilage during rhinoplasty. The lower lateral cartilage (greater alar cartilage) exposed through the left nostril for modification during a rhinoplasty.
  19. - Skin and fat from blepharoplasty. The fat removed from a transconjunctival lower-lid blepharoplasty, and the skin removed from an upper-lid blepharoplasty.
  20. - Removal of fat from lower eyelid during blepharoplasty 1. Accessing a pocket of fat from the lower eyelid during a blepharoplasty procedure.
  21. - Opening space above septum and between nostrils during rhinoplasty. During rhinoplasty, the surgeon is creating space above the septum and between the nostrils in order to access parts of the nose.
  22. - Vishal Kapoor MD Rhinoplasty Cartilage Carving 02. Close-Up of Facial Plastic Surgeon Vishal Kapoor, MD carving cartilage for use during a rhinoplasty procedure.
  23. - Amir Karam Fat Transfer Facelift 12. Syringes used in Facial Fat Transfer Cosmetic Surgery Procedure performed by Dr.
  24. - Dr Vishal Kapoor Performing Liposuction Surgery 01. Photo of Liposuction Surgery being performed by plastic surgeon with heart monitor in background.
  25. - Abdominoplasty. Is a cosmetic operation that is performed by a plastic surgeon to thin the abdominal region. It is also known as a tummy tuck.
  26. - Gynecomastia with Liposuction. A combination of gynecomastia corrective surgery and liposuction of the waists(flanks).
  27. - Heidelberg tram 2011. A tramway in Heidelberg (RNV Type V6 4118) advertising for a clinic for cosmetic surgery.
  28. - Meine-waschbrett-op. Photo made with self-timer of my abdominal liposuction (liposculpture).
  29. - Plastic Surgery: The Cost of Beauty | 101 East. Across several Asian countries, patients, unlicensed injectors and regulators describe an expanding market for appearance procedures, and what happens when complications arise outside licensed clinics.
  30. - Microsurgical-instruments. The figure shows a bayonet microneedle holder and bayonet microforceps that were used for suturing accidental durotomies.
  31. - Behind the plastic surgery boom in South Korea. Reporters visit Gangnam clinics and speak with patients and doctors about why elective procedures became ordinary in Seoul, and what the district's concentration of surgeries looks like on the street.
  32. - Plastic surgery in South Korea. A short survey of why elective procedures became common in South Korea, covering the clinic districts, the price competition between them and the age at which many patients first attend.
  33. - History of Plastic Surgery. A field-wide chronology covers early grafting attempts, the wartime units that systematised reconstruction, and the postwar move of those techniques into elective practice.
  34. - Liposuction Cannula Set. We made all types of Cannulas in very good quality and our prices are very low because we are manufacturers not traders.
  35. - Faces from the Front | Lightning Lectures | Royal Society. The surgical, artistic and photographic records of the Sidcup facial injury unit are examined as historical documents, including the drawings Henry Tonks made of patients before and after operations.
  36. - Faces from the Front | Lightning Lectures | Royal Society. The surgical, artistic and photographic records of the Sidcup facial injury unit are examined as historical documents, including the drawings Henry Tonks made of patients before and after operations.
  37. - Health workers receive COVID-19 vaccines Dhaka Sheikh Hasina Institute of Burn and Plastic.... Health workers received COVID-19 vaccines at the Sheikh Hasina National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka (Monday, February 8, 2021)..mw-parser-output.messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid.
  38. - A History of Rhinoplasty. Nasal reconstruction runs from the forehead flap described in the ancient Indian Sushruta Samhita through Tagliacozzi's arm flap in Renaissance Bologna to the closed and open approaches taught today.
  39. - A History of Rhinoplasty. Nasal reconstruction runs from the forehead flap described in the ancient Indian Sushruta Samhita through Tagliacozzi's arm flap in Renaissance Bologna to the closed and open approaches taught today.
  40. - Broken Faces of WWI: How Reconstructive Surgery Was Born. Facial wounds of the First World War are set against the surgical responses they forced, with the operating techniques, the masks made for men beyond surgical repair, and the units where both were produced.
  41. - Broken Faces of WWI: How Reconstructive Surgery Was Born. Facial wounds of the First World War are set against the surgical responses they forced, with the operating techniques, the masks made for men beyond surgical repair, and the units where both were produced.
  42. - RHINOPLASTY Explained by Plastic Surgeon. Nasal anatomy, the difference between open and closed approaches, and what a surgeon assesses in consultation are explained in plain terms without operative footage.
  43. - RHINOPLASTY Explained by Plastic Surgeon. Nasal anatomy, the difference between open and closed approaches, and what a surgeon assesses in consultation are explained in plain terms without operative footage.
  44. - History of Facial Plastic Surgery: Harold Gillies and Archibald McIndoe. Two surgeons anchor the field's origins: Gillies with the Sidcup wards of the First World War, and Archibald McIndoe with the burned airmen of the Second, whose patients formed the Guinea Pig Club.
  45. - History of Facial Plastic Surgery: Harold Gillies and Archibald McIndoe. Two surgeons anchor the field's origins: Gillies with the Sidcup wards of the First World War, and Archibald McIndoe with the burned airmen of the Second, whose patients formed the Guinea Pig Club.
  46. - Maharshi Sushruta: The Father of Indian Medical Surgery by Aadesh Singh | UPSC Ancient History | IAS. Sushruta, the surgeon associated with the Sanskrit compendium bearing his name, is presented through the instruments, cataract work and forehead-flap nasal reconstruction described in that text.
  47. - Maharshi Sushruta: The Father of Indian Medical Surgery by Aadesh Singh | UPSC Ancient History | IAS. Sushruta, the surgeon associated with the Sanskrit compendium bearing his name, is presented through the instruments, cataract work and forehead-flap nasal reconstruction described in that text.
  48. - History of Plastic Surgery/Venus Unleashed Beauty | Full Documentary |. Elective procedures are placed against their reconstructive ancestry, covering how techniques developed for injury and disease were redirected toward changing healthy faces and bodies.
  49. - History of Plastic Surgery/Venus Unleashed Beauty | Full Documentary |. Elective procedures are placed against their reconstructive ancestry, covering how techniques developed for injury and disease were redirected toward changing healthy faces and bodies.
  50. - South Korea's Obsession With Plastic Surgery | Obsessions | S1E04 | Beyond Documentary. Clinics, recovery rooms and consultations in Seoul are filmed alongside patients and surgeons discussing job interviews, family pressure and cost, in a country where the procedures are unusually common.
  51. - South Korea's Obsession With Plastic Surgery | Obsessions | S1E04 | Beyond Documentary. Clinics, recovery rooms and consultations in Seoul are filmed alongside patients and surgeons discussing job interviews, family pressure and cost, in a country where the procedures are unusually common.
  52. - Transplants for hair by the Hair Science Clinic ad during the Amsterdam Gay Pride,.... An advertisement for hair transplants during the Amsterdam Gay Pride, that is located in the Amstellander capital city of Amsterdam, North Holland.
  53. - Tonks, Gillies, Kennington, Hillary: Art and Facial Reconstructive Surgery in WWI and WWII (HD). Artists and surgeons worked together on wartime facial injuries: Henry Tonks drew patients in pastel, Eric Kennington painted them, and Richard Hillary wrote about his own treatment after being burned.
  54. - Tonks, Gillies, Kennington, Hillary: Art and Facial Reconstructive Surgery in WWI and WWII (HD). Artists and surgeons worked together on wartime facial injuries: Henry Tonks drew patients in pastel, Eric Kennington painted them, and Richard Hillary wrote about his own treatment after being burned.
  55. - The History of Double eyelid surgery for Korean women. Double-eyelid surgery in Korea is traced to mid-twentieth-century practice and its spread from there, with the crease itself explained as an anatomical feature that only part of the population is born with.
  56. - The History of Double eyelid surgery for Korean women. Double-eyelid surgery in Korea is traced to mid-twentieth-century practice and its spread from there, with the crease itself explained as an anatomical feature that only part of the population is born with.
  57. - InexpensiveMarmoreal3DPrintedNaomiWuBust. A paperweight gag. Both the underneath of the chin and the tapering of the head exhibit artifacts of inexpensive hobbyist manufacture.
  58. - Michael Klaassen ONZM (cropped). Michael Klaassen (left), after his investiture as ONZM, for services to plastic and reconstructive surgery, by the governor-general, Dame Cindy Kiro, at Government House, Wellington, on 26 September 2023.
  59. - The Grisly History of Plastic Surgery. Reconstruction of noses and faces is followed from early skin-flap methods through the unanaesthetised operations of the nineteenth century, covering what surgeons attempted before antisepsis and anaesthesia existed.
  60. - The Grisly History of Plastic Surgery. Reconstruction of noses and faces is followed from early skin-flap methods through the unanaesthetised operations of the nineteenth century, covering what surgeons attempted before antisepsis and anaesthesia existed.
  61. - Harold Gillies. A Father Of Modern Plastic Surgery #plasticsurgeon #haroldgilliies. A short account of the New Zealand-born surgeon who organised Britain's facial reconstruction units, covering the tube pedicle and the patient-record system he insisted on keeping.
  62. - Harold Gillies. A Father Of Modern Plastic Surgery #plasticsurgeon #haroldgilliies. A short account of the New Zealand-born surgeon who organised Britain's facial reconstruction units, covering the tube pedicle and the patient-record system he insisted on keeping.
  63. - Cirugías plásticas y estándares de belleza - en Irán y Brasil | Nosotros y ellos | DW Documental. Iran and Brazil are set side by side, with nose surgery in Tehran and body procedures in Brazilian clinics discussed by patients and surgeons who explain what each is understood to mean locally.
  64. - Cirugías plásticas y estándares de belleza - en Irán y Brasil | Nosotros y ellos | DW Documental. Iran and Brazil are set side by side, with nose surgery in Tehran and body procedures in Brazilian clinics discussed by patients and surgeons who explain what each is understood to mean locally.
  65. - War-Time Reconstructive Surgery - Hidden History of Britain - S02 EP01 - History Documentary. Hospital records, surgical casts and photographic archives from Britain's wartime facial units show how reconstructive practice was organised, and what happened to men returning home with rebuilt faces.
  66. - War-Time Reconstructive Surgery - Hidden History of Britain - S02 EP01 - History Documentary. Hospital records, surgical casts and photographic archives from Britain's wartime facial units show how reconstructive practice was organised, and what happened to men returning home with rebuilt faces.
  67. - Surgical Development in the Early 20th Century - The Work of Harold Gillies. Surgical practice in the early twentieth century is examined through one reconstructive programme, covering anaesthesia, infection control and the graft techniques that became standard.
  68. - Surgical Development in the Early 20th Century - The Work of Harold Gillies. Surgical practice in the early twentieth century is examined through one reconstructive programme, covering anaesthesia, infection control and the graft techniques that became standard.
  69. - Dr. Bashar Bizrah. Bashar Bizrah is one of the world’s most known consultant plastic surgeons, thanks to his 30 years of experience in cosmetic surgery and his pioneering work on rhinoplasty.
  70. - The Reality of Korean Plastic Surgery Explained By Expert. A Korean surgeon answers questions about why particular procedures are requested locally, what patients ask for, and how consultation and recovery actually work in Seoul practice.
  71. - The Reality of Korean Plastic Surgery Explained By Expert. A Korean surgeon answers questions about why particular procedures are requested locally, what patients ask for, and how consultation and recovery actually work in Seoul practice.
  72. - How to be Successful in South Korea: Plastic Surgery to Impress your Boss? | Full Documentary. Appearance and hiring in South Korea are examined through photographs on job applications, workplace expectations and the clinics that market to jobseekers, with employers and applicants both speaking.
  73. - How to be Successful in South Korea: Plastic Surgery to Impress your Boss? | Full Documentary. Appearance and hiring in South Korea are examined through photographs on job applications, workplace expectations and the clinics that market to jobseekers, with employers and applicants both speaking.
  74. - The Hidden Cost of Korea’s Beauty Industry. Korea's beauty sector is examined as an export industry, covering cosmetics manufacturing, medical tourism and the labour and marketing that sustain both.
  75. - The Hidden Cost of Korea’s Beauty Industry. Korea's beauty sector is examined as an export industry, covering cosmetics manufacturing, medical tourism and the labour and marketing that sustain both.
  76. - Make Me Perfect: Manufacturing beauty in China - BBC World Service Documentaries. China's appearance economy is investigated through clinics, livestream sellers and beauty schools, with patients describing what they were promised and what oversight of practitioners exists.
  77. - Make Me Perfect: Manufacturing beauty in China - BBC World Service Documentaries. China's appearance economy is investigated through clinics, livestream sellers and beauty schools, with patients describing what they were promised and what oversight of practitioners exists.
  78. - The new face - The hyaluron beauty hype | DW Documentary. Consultations, injection appointments and clinic economics show hyaluronic acid filler operating as a routine consumer purchase, with practitioners and regulators discussing training standards and who is permitted to inject.
  79. - The new face - The hyaluron beauty hype | DW Documentary. Consultations, injection appointments and clinic economics show hyaluronic acid filler operating as a routine consumer purchase, with practitioners and regulators discussing training standards and who is permitted to inject.
  80. - ¿La nueva cara de la belleza? - El boom del ácido hialurónico | DW Documental. Hyaluronic acid injection has grown into a mass consumer market, and practitioners, regulators and patients discuss how a clinic-based procedure became an ordinary appointment across European cities.
  81. - ¿La nueva cara de la belleza? - El boom del ácido hialurónico | DW Documental. Hyaluronic acid injection has grown into a mass consumer market, and practitioners, regulators and patients discuss how a clinic-based procedure became an ordinary appointment across European cities.
  82. - South Korea: Behind the Smile of a Perfect Nation | DISPATCH | HD Investigative Documentary. Beneath South Korea's export image of polish and presentation, reporters look at working hours, appearance requirements and the pressure students and employees describe living under.
  83. - South Korea: Behind the Smile of a Perfect Nation | DISPATCH | HD Investigative Documentary. Beneath South Korea's export image of polish and presentation, reporters look at working hours, appearance requirements and the pressure students and employees describe living under.
  84. - Transforming Faces | World War 1 and the birth of modern plastic surgery. Wounds from shellfire and machine guns drove the invention of grafting and flap techniques, and the wartime hospitals where surgeons improvised those methods are reconstructed in detail.
  85. - Transforming Faces | World War 1 and the birth of modern plastic surgery. Wounds from shellfire and machine guns drove the invention of grafting and flap techniques, and the wartime hospitals where surgeons improvised those methods are reconstructed in detail.
  86. - What Was Harold Gillies' WWI Plastic Surgery Contribution? - First World War Journal. A brief account of what the Sidcup surgeon contributed, from the tube pedicle graft to the practice of documenting each case in photographs and casts.
  87. - What Was Harold Gillies' WWI Plastic Surgery Contribution? - First World War Journal. A brief account of what the Sidcup surgeon contributed, from the tube pedicle graft to the practice of documenting each case in photographs and casts.
  88. - Patient Rohan with Director of National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery Mohammad.... Rohan, a patient admitted with over 45% burns from a milestone accident, met with Dr. Mohammad Nasir Uddin, the Director of the National Institute of Burn and Plastic Surgery in Dhaka, before being discharged home today (Monday, September 15, 2025)..mw-parser-output.messagebox{margin:4px 0;width:auto;border-collapse:collapse;border:2px solid.
  89. - El lado oscuro del boom de las cirugías estéticas en China | DOCUMENTAL BBC. China's cosmetic procedure market is examined through unlicensed operators, training courses of a few days and patients left with complications, with regulators and injured clients speaking about what oversight exists.
  90. - El lado oscuro del boom de las cirugías estéticas en China | DOCUMENTAL BBC. China's cosmetic procedure market is examined through unlicensed operators, training courses of a few days and patients left with complications, with regulators and injured clients speaking about what oversight exists.
  91. - NHD Documentary: Harold Gillies and the Development of Plastic Surgery in World War One. Harold Gillies established a dedicated facial injury unit during the First World War, and the tube pedicle technique he developed there is set out alongside the scale of the wounds that prompted it.
  92. - NHD Documentary: Harold Gillies and the Development of Plastic Surgery in World War One. Harold Gillies established a dedicated facial injury unit during the First World War, and the tube pedicle technique he developed there is set out alongside the scale of the wounds that prompted it.
  93. - Breast Surgery Procedure in Modern Operating Room. Photograph of a breast surgery procedure being performed in a modern operating room environment with surgical lighting, sterile surgical technique, and operative instrumentation visible during the procedure.
  94. - Plastic Surgery Breast Procedure in Operating Room. Photograph of a plastic surgery breast procedure being performed in a modern operating room environment. The shows sterile surgical technique, operating room instrumentation, surgical lighting, and operative workflow during breast surgery.
  95. - Plastic Surgeon Wearing Surgical Headlight in Operating Room. Photograph of a plastic surgeon wearing a surgical headlight while performing a procedure in a modern operating room environment. The demonstrates sterile surgical attire, focused operative workflow, and surgical illumination commonly used during plastic surgery procedures.
  96. - Plastic Surgeon Performing Breast Surgery Under Surgical Lighting. Photograph of a plastic surgeon performing a breast surgery procedure under LED surgical lighting in a modern operating room environment. The demonstrates sterile operative technique, surgical illumination, and contemporary operating room workflow during breast surgery.
  97. - Close-Up of Plastic Surgeon Wearing Surgical Headlight. Close-up photograph of a plastic surgeon wearing a surgical headlight and sterile surgical mask during a procedure in a modern operating room environment. The demonstrates focused operative workflow and surgical illumination used during plastic surgery.
  98. - Plastic Surgeon Wearing Surgical Headlight During Procedure. Photograph of a plastic surgeon wearing a surgical headlight while performing a procedure in a sterile operating room environment. The demonstrates modern operative workflow, focused surgical illumination, and sterile surgical technique during plastic surgery.
  99. - Plastic Surgeon Performing Breast Procedure. Close-up photograph of a plastic surgeon performing a breast procedure in a sterile operating room environment using surgical loupes and precision surgical instrumentation. The demonstrates operative technique and modern plastic surgery workflow during breast surgery.
  100. - Liposuction Collection Canisters During Surgical Procedure. Photograph of liposuction collection canisters and surgical equipment during a body contouring procedure in a modern operating room. The demonstrates operative workflow and liposuction suction collection systems used during surgical fat removal procedures.
  101. - Liposuction Procedure in Operating Room. Photograph of a liposuction procedure being performed in a sterile operating room environment. The demonstrates surgical technique, body contouring instrumentation, and operative workflow during modern liposuction surgery.
  102. - Plastic Surgeon Performing Surgery in Operating Room. Photograph of a plastic surgeon performing surgery in a sterile operating room environment. The demonstrates modern surgical attire, sterile technique, and operative workflow during a surgical procedure.
  103. - Plastic Surgeon Performing Operative Procedure. Photograph of a plastic surgeon performing a surgical procedure in a modern operating room using magnification loupes and sterile surgical technique. The demonstrates operative workflow and surgical precision in a contemporary surgical environment.
  104. - Seoul: The Plastic Surgery Capital Of The World | OBSESSIONS. Seoul's concentration of clinics is filmed from consultation to recovery, with patients explaining their reasons and surgeons describing how a district came to specialise in elective procedures.
  105. - Seoul: The Plastic Surgery Capital Of The World | OBSESSIONS. Seoul's concentration of clinics is filmed from consultation to recovery, with patients explaining their reasons and surgeons describing how a district came to specialise in elective procedures.
  106. - Portillo's Hidden History Of Britain | Plastic Surgery Pioneers | S2 Ep1 | FULL EPISODE. The wards, workshops and artists of Britain's facial reconstruction effort are revisited on site, including the masks and portraits made of patients and the surgical records kept alongside them.
  107. - Portillo's Hidden History Of Britain | Plastic Surgery Pioneers | S2 Ep1 | FULL EPISODE. The wards, workshops and artists of Britain's facial reconstruction effort are revisited on site, including the masks and portraits made of patients and the surgical records kept alongside them.
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