Walter Yeo
Nov. 8, 2024
Walter Yeo, one of the first patients to successfully undergo advanced plastic surgery, in the form of a skin flap to cover his extreme facial damage sustained during the Battle of Jutland Obituary of Walter Bruce Yeo | Welcome to Hendren Funeral Homes, Se... DDARKIVESn surgery took place in the United Kingdom: In 1917, Harold Gillies performed a flap graft on Walter Yeo after he discovered a way to make the body resilient enough to withstand Walter Yeo
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