Ekkehard Willenberg

Ekkehard Willenberg (* 1943 in Silesia ) is a German surgeon and neurosurgeon .

Life

Ekkehard Willenberg was born in Silesia. In 1945 the family fled to Central Germany at the end of the Second World War . Ekkehard attended elementary and high school in Bitterfeld . In 1961 he passed his Abitur . Before studying medicine , he completed the internship in Brandenburg an der Havel, which was then mandatory in the GDR . From 1962 to 1964 he completed the pre-clinical part of his studies at the University of Bucharest , the clinical part at the University of Rostock from 1964 to 1968. After graduating, he worked for two years as a troop doctor and one year as a ship doctor , before continuing his training in 1971 Specialist in surgery at the Magdeburg Medical Academy began. Willenberg received his doctorate in 1975 and began specializing in neurosurgery, which he completed in 1977 as a specialist in neurosurgery. In 1978 he received his habilitation in neurosurgery at the Medical Academy in Magdeburg and in 1984 he was appointed professor of neurosurgery. He headed the Department of Neurosurgery at the Department of Surgery under Peter Heinrich until 1987 when he fled the GDR.

Ekkehard Willenberg had two children with his wife Maria, a Hungarian . In October 1987 he and his daughter Christiane used medical treatment in West Berlin approved by the authorities of the GDR for an escape from the GDR that had been agreed with the family and had been prepared for a long time . It was not until 1988 that the family was reunited in the Federal Republic of Germany after his wife and son Thorsten Andreas left . He described the experiences of this time in the book Our bread tastes different , published in 1991 . My way from Germany to Germany. to which Hanna-Renate Laurien wrote a preface. She had met Ekkehard Willenberg in connection with the treatment of an employee and developed a personal relationship with the Willenberg family.

The vacant position at Magdeburg University was filled with the appointment of Siegfried Vogel from Berlin , who, however, returned to Charité in 1989 .

Willenberg worked as a surgeon at various clinics in western Germany, but never again at a university.

Fonts

Scientific work

• Contribution to the pathogenesis of Mallory-Weiss syndrome and exulceratio simplex (Dieulafoy). Dissertation . Medical Academy Magdeburg , 1974
• Experimental study on the use of the tissue adhesive Fimomed 1hn® (Fimomed) (alpha-n-butyl cyanoacrylate) for therapeutic vessel closure, in particular for the closure of internal carotid and cavernous sinus fistulas, by the endovascular route. Dissertation B . Medical Academy Magdeburg , 1978
• P. Heinrich, R. Oschatz, E. Willenberg: Arterial injuries Urban & Fischer, Munich / Leipzig 1982, ISBN 3-541-10711-1 .
• with J. Morenz, S. Krumbholz, G. Barthel and M. Herrmann: Bacteriostatic behavior of the tissue adhesive Fimomed (n-butyl-alpha-cyanoacrylate). In: Zentralbl Neurochir. 39, 1978, pp. 103-107. PMID 664986
• with S. Krumbholz and HE Vitzthum: Historical and current information in the treatment of internal carotid and cavernous sinus fistulas. In: Neurochirurgia. 25, 1982, pp. 7-10. PMID 7110490 , doi: 10.1055 / s-2008-1053946
• with K. Dietzmann, B. Winkelmann and B. Franke: Value of muscle biopsy in the assessment of the prognosis of brachial plexus paralysis. In: Zentralbl Neurochir. 48, 1987, pp. 50-55. PMID 3618003
• with A. Franke, R. Kehrbein, B. Gaede and HE Vitzthum: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) as a primary finding in the central nervous system. In: Zentralbl Neurochir. 47, 1986, pp. 125-130. PMID 3765957
• with P. Burger and H. Mugrauer: Pattern of injury following falls from great heights. In: Contribution Orthop Traumatol. 31, 1984, pp. 108-113. PMID 6732725
• with P. Heinrich, W. Wagemann and R. Minda: External carotid artery plasty in combination with extra-intracranial microanastomosis in the surgical therapy of cerebrovascular insufficiency. In: Zentralbl Neurochir. 44, 1983, pp. 7-10. PMID 6190331
• with M. Rosenkranz: Epidural hematoma and traumatic thrombosis of the internal carotid artery on the same side. In: Zentralbl Chir. 107, 1982, pp. 1112-1115. PMID 7164622
• with I. Wiswe, J. Credo and B. Liczkowski: Incidence and problems of head injuries incurred under the influence of alcohol. In: Zentralbl Chir. 107, 1982, pp. 1106-1111. PMID 7164621
• with S. Krumbholz and G. Berge: Possibilities and limits of microsurgery in neurosurgery. Z Arztl Fortbild (Jena) 75 (1981), pp. 674-675. PMID 7345752
• with S. Krumbholz, J. Credo, J. Wiswe and E. Vitzthum: Morbidity and mortality of skull-brain traumas in a middle-sized industrial city. A 5 year study. In: Zentralbl Neurochir. 42, 1981, pp. 263-274. PMID 7340314
• with S. Krumbholz and H. Winkelmann: Surgical treatment of occlusive intracranial cerebrovascular disorders. In: Zentralbl Chir. 106, 1981, pp. 526-532. PMID 7257638
• with R. Minda and S. Krumbholz: Technical experiences in vascular anastomoses using a microscope. In: Zentralbl Chir. 106, 1981, pp. 564-567. PMID 7020285
• with KH Reps, G. Strauchmann and S. Krumbholz: Measurement of polymerization heat of the tissue adhesive Fimomed (alpha-n-butylcyanoacrylate) produced in the GDR. In: Z Exp Chir. 12, 1979, pp. 383-388. PMID 547539
• with D. Kaliski and S. Krumbholz: Justification of bitemporal decompressive trepanation with duroplasty in severe closed craniocerebral injury. In: Zentralbl Neurochir. 39, 1978, pp. 191-196. PMID 735581
• with S. Krumbholz and G. Barthel: Tissue adhesives for the closing of defects involving large cerebral veins. In: Zentralbl Chir. 103, 1978, pp. 445-446. PMID 664955

Fiction

• Our bread tastes different. My way from Germany to Germany. FA Herbig, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-7766-1668-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Ekkehard Willenberg in the catalog of the German National Library