History offhand: a golfer's needleholder.
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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 converted them for needleholding. The authors believe that the surgeon Gillies adapted this needleholder to fit his golfer's hand.
Medical subject headings
- Surgical Instruments
Anatomy
- hand