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1,553 entries match Surgery & Anesthesia [E04 / G02.403.810]
1909
#5628
Hemorrhage and transfusion.
1909
#5694
Continuous respiration without respiratory movements.
Meltzer and Auer experimented further with the intratracheal insufflation method introduced by Kuhn (No. 5693).
1909
#10720
Observations on choked disc, with especial reference to decompressive cranial operations.
The diagnostic value for neurosurgery of changes in the optic nerve caused by increased intracranial pressure.
1910
#3532
A method of anastomosis between sigmoid and rectum.
Balfour’s operation for resection of the sigmoid colon.
1910
#3534
Removal of the rectum for cancer: statistical report of 120 cases.
Mayo’s radical operation for carcinoma of the rectum.
1910
#3028
Latent life of arteries.
Carrel’s experiments showed that it was possible to preserve portions of blood vessels in cold storage for long periods before using them in transplantation. For an appreciation of Carrel, see Garrison’s History, p. 733.
1910
#3028.01
Experimental surgery of the aorta and heart.
Carrel attempted the direct placement of a bypass vessel in a dog.
1910 –1911
#4379
Über Luxationen im Bereiche der Handwurzel.
First description of a slowly progressive osteonecrosis of the lunate bone of the wrist; carpal lunate malacia. (“Kienböck’s disease”).
1910
#4380
An obscure affection of the hip-joint.
Juvenile osteochondritis deformans (“Calvé–Legg–Perthes disease”; see also Nos. 4381 and 4382.). Previously described by H. Waldenström, Z. orthop. Chir., 1909, 24, 486.
1910
#4381
Sur une forme particulière de pseudo-coxalgie greffée sur des déformations caractéristiques de l’extrémité supérieure du fémur.
See No. 4380.
1910
#4382
Ueber Arthritis deformans juvenilis.
See No. 4380.
1910
#5756.4
A new operation for prominent ears based on the anatomy of the deformity.
Luckett developed the modern operation for the correction of protruding ears.
1910
#5695
Zur Narkose beim Menschen mittelst der kontinuierlichen intratrachealen Insufflation von Meltzer.
The clinical introduction of Meltzer and Auer’s method of intratracheal insufflation marks the beginning of modern endotracheal anesthesia. Also reported in Ann. Surg., 1910, 52, 23-29.
1910
#11729
Lowell vs. Faxon and Hawkes: A celebrated malpractice suit in Maine.
Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.
1911
#3536
Ein operativ geheilter Fall von kongenitaler Dünndarmatresie.
Treatment of congenital atresia of ileum by lateral anastomosis.
1911
#3537
Zur Stumpversorgung nach Magenresektion.
Pólya’s modification of the Billroth II operation. Pólya is believed to have been murdered by a Nazi group during the siege of Budapest by the Russians in December, 1944, although his body was never recovered.
1911
#3013
Embolie fémorale au cours d’un rétrécissement mitral pur. Arteriotomie. Guérison.
First successful embolectomy; operation carried out by G. Labey, November 16, 1911.
1911
#4383
The lumbo-sacral articulation. An explanation of many cases of “lumbago”, “sciatica” and paraplegia.
Goldthwait suggested that lumbago and sciatica might be due to intervertebral disc injury.
1911
#4383.1
An operation for progressive spinal deformities.
Spinal fusion first used for the treatment of scoliosis.
1911
#4384
Injury of the spinal cord due to rupture of an intervertebral disc during muscular effort.
Report of a case of “sciatica” due to rupture of an intervertebral disc.
1911
#4384.1
Transplantation of a portion of the tibia into the spine for Pott’s disease. A preliminary report.
The beginning of bone graft surgery as a planned, carefully designed procedure. Albee was the first to employ living bone grafts as internal splints. See No. 5757.
1911
#5756.5
Plastic and cosmetic surgery.
First comprehensive work on cosmetic surgery.
1911
#5696
Experimentelle Studien über den Einfluss technisch und hygienisch wichtiger Gase und Dämpfe auf den Organismus. Die gechlorten Kohlenwasserstoffe der Fettreihe.
Introduction of trichlorethylene (“trilene”).
1911
#10719
The control of bleeding in operations for brain tumors. With the description of silver "clips" for the occlusion of vessels inaccessible to the ligature.
Cushing introduced the use of silver clips in neurosurgery to control bleeding.
1911
#13003
Zur anästhesierung des plexus brachialis.
Kullenkampff performed the first percutaneous supraclavicular block. "Just as his older colleague August Bier (1861–1949) had done with spinal anesthesia in 1898,[24] Kulenkampff subjected himself to the supraclavicul…
1912 –1913
#4764
Thymektomie bei einem Fall von Morbus Basedowi mit Myasthenie.
Thymectomy for myasthenia gravis. Reported by C. H. Schumacher and – . Roth.
1912
#2567.1
Die heteroplastiche und homöoplastiche Transplantation.
Schöne coined the term “transplantation immunity”. He set out general rules governing the acceptance or rejection of tumor grafts which are essentially the same as the modern “laws of transplantation”. This is a compr…
1912
#3896
The pituitary body and its disorders.
The first clinical monograph on the hypophysis. Cushing, outstanding neurological surgeon of the early 20th century, added much to our knowledge of the pituitary body and its disorders. The above work includes a descr…
1912
#4883
The treatment of persistent pain of organic origin in the lower part of the body by division of the anterolateral column of the spinal cord.
Cordotomy for the relief of intractable pain.
1912
#4385
Dysostose cranio-faciale héréditaire.
First description of cranio-facial dysostosis, hypertelorism (Crouzon's syndrome).
1912
#4386
Un cas d’absence des vertèbres cervicales avec cage thoracique remontant jusqu’à la base du crâne (cage thoracique cervicale).
“Klippel–Feil syndrome” – absence or incomplete development of cervical vertebrae. English translation in Bick, Classics of orthopaedics, 511-16.
1912
#4386.01
Infections of the hand: A guide to the surgical treatment of acute and chronic suppurative processes in the fingers, hand, and forearm.
The first comprehensive treatise on hand surgery, and the classic work on tendon and bursal hand spaces relevant to management of hand infections. Kanavel developed the method of forcible injection of radio-opaque mat…
1912
#4386.02
Anterior dislocation of the head of the ulna.
Darrach procedure for problems of the distal ulna.
1912
#4197
Ueber Leitungsanästhesie bei Nierenoperationen und Thorakoplastiken überhaupt bei Operationen am Rumpf.
Paravertebral anesthesia in urology.
1912
#5756.6
Blood-vessel surgery and its applications.
This book describes Guthrie’s pioneer work in tissue and organ transplantation.
1912
#5756.7
Surgery and diseases of the mouth and jaws.
First comprehensive work on maxillofacial surgery. After World War I Blair established the first separate Plastic Surgery Service in the United States at Barnes Hospital and Washington University in St. Louis.
1912
#5698
Nitrous oxide-oxygen-ether anesthesia: notes on administration; a perfected apparatus.
Boothby and Cotton’s flowmeter.
1912
#5756.8
Die kosmetische Chirurgie. In Handbuch der Kosmetik, ed. M. Joseph.
Briefly describes (p. 688) the first facelift operation. Holländer later stated that the operation was performed in 1901. A pupil of James Israel (No. 5755.1), Holländer is better known today for his series of books o…
1912
#14126
Technique chirurgicale infantile: Indications opératoires, opérations courantes.
Ombrédanne improved surgical techniques for the correction of undescended testicles, cleft palate and penile hypospadias in children.
1913
#2251
La kérithérapie (nouvelle balnéation thermocireuse).
Treatment of burns with ambrine (paraffin-resin solution); keritherapy.
1913
#2915.1
Die Chirurgie der Blutgefässe und des Herzens.
Jeger was the first to advocate the bypass principle for management of peripheral aneurysms.
1913
#3014
Ein Fall operierter Embolie der Arteria femoralis.
Key performed his first successful embolectomy on December 4, 1912, and reported it to a meeting of the Svenska Läkaresällskapet on January 28, 1913. See also his review in Ergebn. Chir. Orthop.,1929, 22,1-94.
1913
#3014.1
Fall von Embolus aortae abdominalis, Operation, Heilung.
First successful aortic embolectomy.
1913
#3015
Traumatic lipaemia and fatty embolism.
Classic clinical description of pulmonary fat embolism.
1913
#3028.1
Chirurgie des malformations congénitales ou acquises du coeur.
First attempt at surgical relief of valvular disease of the heart (congenital pulmonary stenosis). Experimental valvotomy.
1913
#4884
Air in the ventricles of the brain, following a fracture of the skull.
Luckett’s finding of air in the ventricles gave Dandy (No. 4602) the idea for ventriculography.
1913
#4884.1
Operative Erfolge bei Geschwülsten der Sehhügel-und Vierhügel gegend.
Successful removal of pineal tumor.
1913
#5629
The kinetic theory of shock and its prevention through anoci-association (shockless operation).
Crile advanced the anoci-association concept in which local and general anesthesia are combined in a sequence to eliminate pre-operative fear and tension.
1913
#5699
Oil-ether anaesthesia.
Gwathmey produced anesthesia by injection into the rectum of liquid ether with olive oil dissolved in it (synergistic anesthesia). Faulconer & Keys report that by 1930 Gwathmey was able to report 20,000 successful cas…
1913
#5699.2
Intratracheal anaesthesia.
Kelly’s intratracheal ether apparatus.