[French innovations in plastic and reconstructive surgery of hand and limbs. Interview by Michel Schoofs]

This unique manuscript reports the interviews of Pr Michel Merle and Jacques Baudet, two figures of the French plastic reconstructive and microsurgical surgery of the limbs. Their testimony shed lights into our past, explains our present and helps foresee our future. The lesson to take away from their story is that no mountain can be overcome in one day, but rather requires countless efforts, dedication and persistence.