AMUSSAT, Jean Zuléma
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Mémoire sur la possibilité d’établir un anus artificiel dans la région lombaire sans pénétrer dans le péritoine.Paris: Germer Baillière, 1839.In 1839 Amussat performed the first lumbar colostomy for obstruction of the colon (“Amussat’s operation”). His work established lumbar colostomy as the method of choice. Translated in Dis. Colon. Rect., 1983, 26, 483-87. See No. 3443. Subjects: Colon & Rectal Diseases & Surgery |
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Recherches sur l'introduction accidentelle de l'air dans les veines, et particulièrement sur cette question: L'air en s'Introduisant spontanément par une veine blessée pendant une opération chirurgicale, peut-il causer subitement la mort?Paris: Germer Baillière, 1839.Amussat was one of the first to draw attention to the risks of the introduction of venous air embolism in surgery. Before the introduction of anesthesia surgery was particularly rapid by necessity, and veins were often opened in the rush to complete operations. Digital facsimile from BnF Gallica at this link. Subjects: CARDIOLOGY › CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE › Thrombosis / Embolism |