title: 1891-1991: the centenary of innovative reconstructive hand surgery by Carl Nicoladoni.
abstract: Austrian surgeons, trained at the famous surgical school in Vienna, played a very important role in general and reconstructive surgery at the end of the 19th century. Nicoladoni introduced original ideas in reconstructive hand surgery, including a tubed pedicle flap and, later, a toe-to-hand transfer to replace amputated parts of a thumb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Municipal Hospital Leyenburg, The Hague, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Haeseker
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D006225:Hand / Q000601:surgery*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000266:history*