title: Max Thorek: a surgeon for all seasons.
abstract: Max Thorek was a leader in the field of surgery during the first half of the twentieth century. His contributions to plastic surgery included both technical advances and the recognition of the psychological import of aesthetic surgery. His technique for reduction mammaplasty (free nipple graft) is still in use today, and his principles of abdominoplasty remain applicable to modern body contour surgery.
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000601:surgery*; D001940:Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D004954:Esthetics; D049673:History, 20th Century; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000266:history