title: [Contribution of French surgeons to reconstructive microsurgery].
abstract: The authors report the contribution of French surgeons and particularly the plastic surgeons to the reconstructive microsurgery since 1972. Different domains are reviewed: animal experimentation, anatomical studies, reimplantations, free tissular transfer, free bone transfer, strategic original concept of transfer, free toes transfer, microsurgical reconstruction of malformative hand, free lymphatic transfer, nervous microsurgery, flap prefabrication, allotransplantations and the future of microsurgery. Three societies have the place of honour: the French Society of Plastic Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery, the Group for Advancement of Microsurgery and the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie plastique, hôpital Pellegrin-Tondu, place Amélie-Raba-Léon, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France. christophe.grinfeder@laposte.net
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Grinfeder
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pinsolle
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pelissier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Baudet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005544:Forecasting; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D008866:Microsurgery / Q000266:history; D051381:Rats; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000266:history; D012092:Replantation / Q000266:history; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000266:history; D013524:Surgical Flaps / Q000266:history; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000266:history