U.S. Plastic Surgeons Who Contributed to the Revue de Chirurgie Plastique and the Revue de Chirurgie Structive (1931–1938): ``Giants'' in our Specialty

Abstract.

The Revue de Chirurgie Plastique and the Revue de Chirurgie Structive, Brussels (1931–1938), edited by Maurice Coelst, M.D. from Brussels, were the first, full-fledged medical publications specifically devoted to plastic, reconstructive, and aesthetic surgery. Publishing original articles by J.W. Maliniac, J. Eastman Sheehan, and brief summaries of papers read at plastic surgery societies by C.R. Straatsma, L.A. Peer, G. Aufricht, and other well-known American plastic surgeons, these Revues drew attention to surgeons, most of whom were responsible for organizing the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons in 1931, the same year in which the Revue de Chirurgie Plastique first appeared.