Plastic surgery carried out on Frederick Charles Stacey by Sir Harold Gillies.
" Stacey distinguished himself in 1918 in France by beating off German attacks on the Welsh Ridge.
His exploits were written about in the London Gazette later on that year where he was praised for his gallantry and courage.
By late March 1918, German offensives pushed Stacey’s Battalion back over the River Ancre and on April 8, 1918, he suffered a gunshot to the face and was admitted to the plastic surgery unit at Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup."
"Gillies used the tubed pedicle method to repair Stacey’s nose. After inserting a cartilage implant in the nose to create a new bridge, he raised a long flap of skin from Stacey’s forehead (which contained the left temporal artery). This was then stitched together to form a tube and attached to the hole on Stacey’s nose, plugging the wound.
The tube stayed connected to the body to receive a blood supply. After a number of weeks the graft would grow blood vessels into the new connection and would then be severed near the embedded graft and returned to the site of origin."
"He was one of 5,000 servicemen treated by facial surgeon Sir Harold."
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Plastic surgery carried out on Frederick Charles Stacey by Sir Harold Gillies.
" Stacey distinguished himself in 1918 in France by beating off German attacks on the Welsh Ridge.
His exploits were written about in the London Gazette later on that year where he was praised for his gallantry and courage.
By late March 1918, German offensives pushed Stacey’s Battalion back over the River Ancre and on April 8, 1918, he suffered a gunshot to the face and was admitted to the plastic surgery unit at Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup."
"Gillies used the tubed pedicle method to repair Stacey’s nose. After inserting a cartilage implant in the nose to create a new bridge, he raised a long flap of skin from Stacey’s forehead (which contained the left temporal artery). This was then stitched together to form a tube and attached to the hole on Stacey’s nose, plugging the wound.
The tube stayed connected to the body to receive a blood supply. After a number of weeks the graft would grow blood vessels into the new connection and would then be severed near the embedded graft and returned to the site of origin."
"He was one of 5,000 servicemen treated by facial surgeon Sir Harold."
-Kirsty Whalley, Croydonguardian.co.uk
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