Legends Of Surgeryさんのイラストまとめ

The Sugarbaker procedure (after Dr. Paul Sugarbaker) for intra-abdominal malignancies, involves complete surgical tumour removal (cytoreduction), including stripping of the peritoneum, intra-operative heated chemo, then post-op intraperitoneal chemo. Takes about 10 hours!

Gameskeeper’s thumb - injury to ulnar collateral ligament. First described in 1955 by CS Campbell, who saw it in Scottish rabbit keepers, who would break the animals’ necks between their thumb and forefinger and the ground. Now more commonly seen in skiers (landing on ski pole).

The Nancy Nail, an elastic stable intramedullary nail used in paediatric fractures, was described in the early 1980s by JP Metaizeau at the Children’s Hospital in Nancy, France (hence the name). Thanks @NaanDerthaal for your tweet that made me aware of this nail!

English surgeon John Abernethy (1764-1831) believed most diseases were due to digestion disorders, and so invented a digestive biscuit, similar to hardtack, still popular today! He also described congenital absence of the portal vein in 1793 (Abernethy malformation).

One for the urologists: the verumontanum is a structure in the prostatic urethra. The name comes from Latin and means ‘mountain ridge’. The other name for it, seminal colliculus, also has a Latin root, as colliculus means ‘a small elevation or knoll’. I like the first one better

The Thomas wrench was used to forcibly correct clubfoot. It would cause tissue damage and bone fractures. Hugh Owen Thomas (1834-1891), a Welsh surgeon, invented it. Trained as a surgeon, he came from a family of bonesetters. Also known for the Thomas splint and Thomas test.

Alexis Littré (1654-1726), a French physician and anatomist, described a hernia containing a Meckel’s diverticulum (Littré’s hernia). He also described the mucous urethral glands of the male urethra (Littré’s glands).

German surgeon Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (1759-1816) described Hesselbach’s triangle, made of the lateral margin of the rectus sheath (medial border), inferior epigastric vessels (superolateral) and the inguinal ligament (inferior). Direct inguinal hernias go through this triangle

@NaanDerthaal @ZuluFoxSunray Right! Penfield dura dissectors for Wilder Penfield (who practiced in Montreal 🇨🇦), Horsley bone cutters for Sir Victor Horsley (also Horsley bone wax, and, uh, dural tears for @NaanDerthaal ?

The rongeur, a surgical instrument used for nibbling away at bone, comes from the French word for rodent! The first recorded design was by an English surgeon, Dr. Robert Masters Kerrison (1776-1847)