title: Forerunners of mesh grafting machines. From cupping glasses and scarificators to modern mesh graft instruments.
abstract: Lanz described mesh grafting in 1907. A similar device was used earlier by Paré and Heister for different applications. Historical analysis reveals a definite link between old scarificators and mesh graft machines.
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: D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013396:Suction / Q000295:instrumentation; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000266:history* / Q000295:instrumentation; D013525:Surgical Instruments / Q000266:history*