title: [Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach (1792-1847) as the founder of plastic surgery. His contribution to maxillofacial surgery].
abstract: Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach (1792-1847) is generally known as the founder of modern plastic surgery. One focus of his work, apart from the physiology of transplantation and operative techniques, was reconstructive oral and maxillofacial surgery. This special aspect of plastic surgery as well as Dieffenbach's biography is presented in this historic article.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Urologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schultheiss
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Knöner
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Jonas
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000266:history*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000266:history*