Scalping: the savage and the surgeon
McGrath, M.H.
Clinics in Plastic Surgery 10(4): 679-688
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0094-1298 PMID: 6360486 Document Number: 197404
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.