title: Scalping: the savage and the surgeon.
abstract: The treatment of the scalped patient has challenged and fascinated the surgeon for over two millennia. It is an esthetically disastrous mutilation, and the resultant soft tissue defect is a form of trauma calling for the surgeon's most creative efforts. The story of scalping is the story of innovative surgeons, both renowned and obscure, which parallels the development of plastic surgery.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001208:Asia; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American; D008297:Male; D009656:North America; D012535:Scalp / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000266:history