A tribute to Cicero Parker Meek

Highlights • Cicero Parker Meek was working as a general practitioner at the Aiken County Hospital in South Carolina, USA. • He had a special interest in the treatment of burn patients. • The Meek procedure for a device-based expansion of split-skin (micrografting) was invented before the mesh graft...

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Published in:Burns 2015-12, Vol.41 (8), p.1660-1663
Main Authors: Ottomann, C, Hartmann, B, Branski, L, Krohn, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Burns - surgery
CP meek
Critical Care
General Practice - history
History, 20th Century
Meek
Meek technique
Skin expansion
Skin transplantation
Skin Transplantation - history
Skin Transplantation - instrumentation
Tissue Expansion - history
Tissue Expansion - instrumentation
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Summary:Highlights • Cicero Parker Meek was working as a general practitioner at the Aiken County Hospital in South Carolina, USA. • He had a special interest in the treatment of burn patients. • The Meek procedure for a device-based expansion of split-skin (micrografting) was invented before the mesh grafting. • The technique first presented in 1958 by Meek is a milestone in the history of burn surgery. • About the person of CP Meek, very little information has been found.
ISSN:0305-4179
1879-1409
DOI:10.1016/j.burns.2015.06.013