The colourful history of malachite green: from ancient Egypt to modern surgery

Affiliations

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, USA; Division of Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: ssusarla@uw.edu.
² Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, USA.

S M Susarla et al. Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2017 Mar.

. 2017 Mar;46(3):401-403.

doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2016.09.022. Epub 2016 Oct 19.

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, USA; Division of Plastic and Craniofacial Surgery, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: ssusarla@uw.edu.
² Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
³ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
⁴ Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁵ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Washington School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, USA.

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Keywords: brilliant green; craniomaxillofacial surgery; malachite green; surgical marking.

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