Günter Imhäuser

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Günter Imhäuser (born August 18, 1912 in Olpe , † September 17, 1996 in Cologne ) was a German orthopedist and university professor . Most recently he was professor for orthopedics at the University of Cologne .

Life

As the offspring of a merchant family, Imhäuser grew up with five siblings. From 1931 to 1936 he studied medicine at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster and the University of Hamburg . The license to practice medicine and the doctorate to Dr. med. In December 1937 the orthopedic training followed at the Hamburg and Leipzig university clinics (with Franz Schede ). As a medical specialist and senior doctor habilitated he 1943 intrapelvic Pfannenvorwölbungen .

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In the post-war period , from 1948 onwards, he built up the large Orthopedic Clinic Wursterheide , today Langen-Debstedt. He headed it until 1952, when he took over the chief medical officer of the Dortmund Orthopedic Clinic from his predecessor Max Brandes. In the same year he became an adjunct professor at the University of Hamburg . In 1966 he followed the call of the University of Cologne to her chair for orthopedics. Previously, he had rejected appointments to the chairs of the Justus Liebig University in Giessen , the Free University of Berlin , the Christian Albrechts University in Kiel and the University of Hamburg. His friend and predecessor M. Hackenbroch the Elder had brought him to Cologne. Ä .. The time after his retirement (1978) was filled with lively scientific work and international lectures.

He was a member of the Catholic student union K.St.V. Südmark Munich in the KV .

Imhäuser died in 1996 at the age of 84 and was buried in the Melaten cemetery in Cologne (hall 83).

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Coming from more conservative schools, Imhäuser helped shape the development of orthopedics in Germany in important ways. Initially he devoted himself to acetabular protrusion and chondrolysis . To correct the adolescent femoral head loosening he developed the intertrochanteric osteotomy of the upper end of the femur . The three-dimensional valgization, extension and derotation brings the slipped femoral head under the socket roof. The Imhäuser osteotomy is one of the most difficult interventions in orthopedic surgery and has not survived. Imhauser's name is also borne by the axial x-ray of the hip joint, in which the shaft and neck of the femur are aligned. It allows a reliable measurement of the femoral heads detached from the slip angle. The correct setting is only possible under fluoroscopy .

Imhäuser was particularly interested in foot deformities, especially clubfoot . As early as 1957 he was of the opinion that the so-called hook foot of the infant only needed a redression. The child's buckled foot is only a physiological stage of normal foot development and therefore does not require treatment.

Memberships and honors

  • Chairman of the Northwest German Association of Orthopedists in 1953
  • Member of the DGOT board for 30 years
  • President of DGOT 1967
  • Member of the advisory board for orthopedic technology at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs for 19 years
  • Erich Lexer Prize 1980
  • Great Federal Cross of Merit 1987
  • Honorary member of the Austrian, German, French, Hungarian, Japanese and Thai Orthopedic Societies
  • Honorary membership of the German Society for Orthopedic Foot Surgery

Imhäuser Prize of the DAF

In recognition of the scientific achievements in foot pathology and the research and therapy of foot deformities, the DAF (German Association for Foot and Ankle Joint eV) awarded Imhäuser honorary membership in 1994. In memory of her first honorary member, she announced a science award named after him. The Imhäuser Prize , endowed with EUR 2,500 , is awarded annually for a publication in the field of foot surgery or technical foot orthopedics .

Selected publications

  • The Idiopathic Clubfoot and its Treatment. Stuttgart / New York 1986, ISBN 3-13-665201-0 .
  • The foot. Bruchsal 1979.
  • The pubertal hip disease. In: Orthopedics in practice and clinic. 1985.
  • Operation decompressive in arthrosis de la Hanche, Technique de Brandes. In: Revue de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Réparatrice de l'appareil moteur. 1964.
  • Errors in the assessment of child hip joints by conventional X-ray technology. In: Journal of Orthopedics. 120, 1982.
  • The Muscle Releasing Operation for Coxarthrosis. Stuttgart 1986.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ G. Imhäuser: On the 100th birthday of Professor Dr. med. Dr. med. hc Franz Schede. Memories of a student. In: DGOT (Hrsg.): Mitteilungsblatt. 3/1982.
  2. ↑ Obituary for Prof. Dr. med. G. Imhäuser. ( Memento of February 6, 2013 in the archive.today web archive ) DAF website, accessed on July 21, 2012.
  3. ↑ Jan Zielkens in orthopedics and their border areas. Issue 6, Volume 134, 1996.
  4. ↑ Previous presidents . DGOOC website, accessed July 17, 2012.
  5. ^ Prize for Reconstructive Orthopedics and Surgery - Prize Winner . DGOOC website, accessed July 17, 2012.
  6. ↑ Federal Gazette . Vol. 39, no. 51 , March 14, 1987, pp. 2633 .
  7. ↑ Award of the Imhäuser Prize 1988 to Dr. med. Manfred Appel ( Memento from February 10, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ). DAF website, accessed July 17, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Imhäuser, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German orthopedist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH August 18, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Olpe
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1996
Place of death Cologne