Ther Umsch. 1995 Jan;52(1):9-12.
Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique
[Article in German] U Lanz
PMID: 7855754
Long before the term 'handsurgery' was coined, surgery in the hand was performed. The development towards a surgical speciality, however, is closely bound to the name Sterling Bunnell. By the end of World War II he instituted hand centers, in which tissue specific surgery was replaced by region specific surgery. Introduction of microvascular surgery made an immediate and global repair of all injured structures possible and desirable.