Carl Langenbuch
Carl Langenbuch (born August 20, 1846 in Kiel , † June 9, 1901 in Berlin ; full name Carl Johann August Langenbuch ) was a German surgeon who performed the first gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) in 1882 .
Life
Langenbuch studied at the Kiel University of Medicine, 1869, he was with a record of the Querruptur the aorta by violence doctorate . He then worked as an assistant to Friedrich von Esmarch . After participating in the Franco-Prussian War , Langenbuch went to Berlin in 1871, where he worked at the Bethanien Hospital . In 1872 he became director of the Lazarus Hospital .
In 1901 Langenbuch died of peritonitis as a result of perforated appendicitis .
Act
On July 15, 1882, Langenbuch performed the first cholecystectomy on a 43-year-old man who had suffered from biliary colic for 16 years . The abdominal wall was opened via an approximately 10 to 15 centimeter long subcostal incision and an equally long incision along the edge of the rectus abdominis muscle . The removed organ showed thickened walls and contained two small gallstones . There was no acute inflammation. The patient was discharged as cured eight weeks later. This procedure was preceded by operations on animals, in which Langenbuch found that they were viable without a gallbladder , and studies on cadavers. The method initially met with open rejection from other surgeons, and Langenbuch's first reports were largely ignored. It wasn't until the turn of the century that cholecystectomy began to gain acceptance.
Fonts (selection)
- About aortic ruptures with reference to a case of total transverse rupture of the aorta as a result of exposure to indirect violence. In: Writings of the University of Kiel from 1869 (Volume XVI.). Mohr, Kiel 1870, urn : nbn: de: gbv: 8: 2-6024389 (Dissertation University of Kiel, 1869).
- A case of extirpation of the gallbladder due to chronic cholelithiasis. Cure. In: Berliner Klinische Wochenschrift. Vol. 48 (1882), H. 19, pp. 725-727.
- About the principles of the contemporary war wound association. Verlag von August Hirschwald, Berlin 1887. ( digitized in the Internet Archive )
- The liver chinococcus and its surgery. Enke, Stuttgart 1890.
- Liver and gallbladder surgery. 2 parts. Enke, Stuttgart 1894/1897. ( Digitized version of the 1st part in the Internet Archive )
literature
- Maurice Blitz: Lost among giants. In: Journal of investigative surgery. Volume 12, Number 5, September / October 1999, pp. 241-243, PMID 10599000 .
- Volker Klimpel: Carl Langenbuch - a pioneer of modern biliary tract surgery. In: Zentralblatt für Chirurgie. 110: 1094-1107 (1985).
- Leon Morgenstern: Carl Langenbuch and the first cholecystectomy. In: Surgical endoscopy. Volume 6, number 3, May / June 1992, pp. 113 f., PMID 1502677 .
- L. William Traverso: Carl Langenbuch and the first cholecystectomy. In: The American Journal of Surgery . Volume 132, Number 1, July 1976, pp. 81 f., PMID 782269 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Leon Morgenstern: Carl Langenbuch and the first cholecystectomy. In: Surgical endoscopy. Volume 6, number 3, May / June 1992, pp. 113 f., PMID 1502677 .
- ^ A b Maurice Blitz: Lost among giants. In: Journal of investigative surgery. Volume 12, Number 5, September / October 1999, pp. 241-243, PMID 10599000 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Langenbuch, Carl |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Langenbuch, Carl Johann August |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German surgeon |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kiel |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1901 |
| Place of death | Berlin |