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Archibald McIndoe was appointed as consultant plastic surgeon to the Royal Air Force. McIndoe was a brilliant plastic surgeon, and he pioneered many advances in surgical techniques, but he realised that apart from treating the physical consequences of severe burns it was essential to deal with the psychological effects on men who, severely disfigured by their injuries, would have to spend long periods in hospital.
The first known operation of the world to change the shape of the