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To put the record straight…
BRITISH JOURNAL
644 Bruns’ Beitrtige zur klinischen
Chirurgie (Esser, 1916a, b). A fasciocutaneous flap of the thoracic area is mentioned by Esser in 1918 in a German article (Esser, 19 18a), which was quoted in a paper published 2 years ago in this journal (Tolhurst and Haeseker, 1982). The aim of this communication is to stress the importance of being more precise and accurate when listing and quoting from historical references. Unless this is done it becomes very difficult to trace the original work and, once given a place in the literature, an incorrect reference will reappear year after year in our scientific journals. Readers of this journal may be interested to learn that a complete bibliography of Esser’s writings has recently been published (Haeseker, 1983).
OF PLASTIC SURGERY
des Defektes aus unmittelbare Wundnihe. Bruns’ Eeitriige zur klinischen Chirurgie. 103, 519. Esser, J. F. S. (1916b). Neue Wege fiir chirurgische Plastiken durch Heranziehung der zahngrztlichen Technik. Bruns Beitriige zur klinischen
Chirurgie.
103, 541.
Easer, J. F. S. (1917). Studies in plastic surgery of the face. Annals of Surgery,
65, 297.
Esser, J. F. ‘s. (1918a). Schwerer Verschluss einer Brustwand perforation. Berliner klinisch Wochenschrift, 55, 1197. Esser, J. F. S. (1918b). Die Rotation der Wange und allgemeine
Bemerkungen
bei chirurgischer
Gesichtsplastik.
Leipzig, F. C. W. Vogel.
Haeseker, B. (1983). Dr. J. F. S. Esser and his influence on the development of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Leiden, J.
J. Groen (Doctoral Rotterdam).
Thesis:
Erasmus
University
of
Tolhurst, D. E. and Haeseker, B. (1982). Fasciocutaneous flaps in the axillary region. Surgery.
British
Journal
of
Plastic
35, 430.
The Author References Esser, J. F. S. (1916a). Prinzipien bei einfachen plastischen Operationen des Gesichts bei Kriegsverletzten, mit Ersatz
To put the record straight. . . Mr Bernard S. Crawford, FRCS, Consultant Plastic Surgeon to the Plastic and Jaw Department at Fulwood Hospital, Sheffield writes:
Barend Haeseker, MD, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Municipal Hospital Leyenburg, Leyweg 275, The Hague, The Netherlands.
which clearly describe the use of palatopharyngeus and illustrate the formation of a sphincter. The use of a flap on the posterior pharyngeal wall (instead of an incision which is spread apart) is surely a modification not an original breakthrough. The introduction of a correspondence section in the Journal would, I believe, enable the facts to be straightened out or made less bent on occasions.
References The interesting paper by Lendrum and Dhar in the April 1984 issue of the Journal (The Orthicochea dynamic pharyngoplasty: British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1984, 37, 160) is worthy of comment. Like Jackson and Silverton (1977) they ignore Hynes’ paper
Hynes, W. (1967). Observations Journal of Plastic Surgery,
on pharyngoplasty.
British
20, 244.
Jackson, LT. and Silverton, J.S. (1977). The sphincter pharyngoplasty as a secondary procedure in cleft palates. Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery,
59, 518.
644 Bruns’ Beitrtige zur klinischen
Chirurgie (Esser, 1916a, b). A fasciocutaneous flap of the thoracic area is mentioned by Esser in 1918 in a German article (Esser, 19 18a), which was quoted in a paper published 2 years ago in this journal (Tolhurst and Haeseker, 1982). The aim of this communication is to stress the importance of being more precise and accurate when listing and quoting from historical references. Unless this is done it becomes very difficult to trace the original work and, once given a place in the literature, an incorrect reference will reappear year after year in our scientific journals. Readers of this journal may be interested to learn that a complete bibliography of Esser’s writings has recently been published (Haeseker, 1983).
OF PLASTIC SURGERY
des Defektes aus unmittelbare Wundnihe. Bruns’ Eeitriige zur klinischen Chirurgie. 103, 519. Esser, J. F. S. (1916b). Neue Wege fiir chirurgische Plastiken durch Heranziehung der zahngrztlichen Technik. Bruns Beitriige zur klinischen
Chirurgie.
103, 541.
Easer, J. F. S. (1917). Studies in plastic surgery of the face. Annals of Surgery,
65, 297.
Esser, J. F. ‘s. (1918a). Schwerer Verschluss einer Brustwand perforation. Berliner klinisch Wochenschrift, 55, 1197. Esser, J. F. S. (1918b). Die Rotation der Wange und allgemeine
Bemerkungen
bei chirurgischer
Gesichtsplastik.
Leipzig, F. C. W. Vogel.
Haeseker, B. (1983). Dr. J. F. S. Esser and his influence on the development of plastic and reconstructive surgery. Leiden, J.
J. Groen (Doctoral Rotterdam).
Thesis:
Erasmus
University
of
Tolhurst, D. E. and Haeseker, B. (1982). Fasciocutaneous flaps in the axillary region. Surgery.
British
Journal
of
Plastic
35, 430.
The Author References Esser, J. F. S. (1916a). Prinzipien bei einfachen plastischen Operationen des Gesichts bei Kriegsverletzten, mit Ersatz
To put the record straight. . . Mr Bernard S. Crawford, FRCS, Consultant Plastic Surgeon to the Plastic and Jaw Department at Fulwood Hospital, Sheffield writes:
Barend Haeseker, MD, Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Municipal Hospital Leyenburg, Leyweg 275, The Hague, The Netherlands.
which clearly describe the use of palatopharyngeus and illustrate the formation of a sphincter. The use of a flap on the posterior pharyngeal wall (instead of an incision which is spread apart) is surely a modification not an original breakthrough. The introduction of a correspondence section in the Journal would, I believe, enable the facts to be straightened out or made less bent on occasions.
References The interesting paper by Lendrum and Dhar in the April 1984 issue of the Journal (The Orthicochea dynamic pharyngoplasty: British Journal of Plastic Surgery, 1984, 37, 160) is worthy of comment. Like Jackson and Silverton (1977) they ignore Hynes’ paper
Hynes, W. (1967). Observations Journal of Plastic Surgery,
on pharyngoplasty.
British
20, 244.
Jackson, LT. and Silverton, J.S. (1977). The sphincter pharyngoplasty as a secondary procedure in cleft palates. Plastic and Reconstructive
Surgery,
59, 518.