Digits in the mouth; a peculiar chapter in cleft lip and palate surgery.
In 1901 von Eiselsberg reported closing a fistula of the hard palate using the patient's little finger. The case is reviewed here and set in the context of its time.
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Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Municipal Hospital Leyenburg, The Hague, The Netherlands.
D001317:Austria; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000266:history* / Q000601:surgery; D005385:Fingers / Q000637:transplantation; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans