title: Gustav Simon (1824-1876): Simonart (s)(z) of the band?
abstract: Gustav Simon was the first to describe how, in a bilateral hare lip, the premaxilla would move backwards when the clefts were closed. The reference invariably given for this is wrong. The "bands" which Simon Arzt created to bridge the clefts and pull back the premaxilla are almost certainly the origin of the term "Simonart's(s')(z') band.
mesh_terms: D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery*; D004850:Eponyms; D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000266:history*