John Homans (medic, 1877)

John Homans (* 1877 in Boston ; † 1954 ) was an American surgeon and one of the most famous surgeons of his time.

Life

Homans was a general surgeon with special interests in the therapy of venous vascular diseases. He introduced the vascular surgery specialty at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston . Homans was a founding member of the Society for Vascular Surgery .

Homans became known for the prevention of pulmonary embolism by ligating the superficial femoral vein (also known as Homans operation ), for modifying the condoleon operation for lymphedema, and for advocating crossectomy in variceal surgery . The Homans symbol is also named after Homans . This is a clinical sign that can indicate a deep vein thrombosis .

Publications

• Thrombosis of the deep leg veins due to prolonged sitting. In: The New England journal of medicine . Volume 250, Number 4, January 1954, ISSN  0028-4793 , pp. 148-149, doi: 10.1056 / NEJM195401282500404 , PMID 13119864 .
• Diseases of the veins. In: The New England Journal of Medicine . Volume 235, Number 5, August 1946, ISSN  0028-4793 , pp. 163-167, PMID 20993045 .
• A Textbook of Surgery. Thomas, 1948

literature

• NR Barshes, M. Belkin: The Homans Family in American Surgery. In: Annals of Surgery . [Electronic publication before printing] April 2014, ISSN  1528-1140 , doi: 10.1097 / SLA.0000000000000706 , PMID 24755832 .
• Wiley F. Barker: John Homans, MD, 1877-1954: indomitable and irrepressible. In: Archives of Surgery . 134, 1999, p. 1019, doi: 10.1001 / archsurg.134.9.1019 , PMID 10487601 .
• JE Thompson: Carotid surgery: the past is prologue. The John Homans lecture. In: Journal of Vascular Surgery . Volume 25, Number 1, January 1997, ISSN  0741-5214 , pp. 131-140, PMID 9013916 . (Review).
• ES Crawford: The seventh John Homans Lecture: heroes in vascular surgery. In: Journal of vascular surgery. Volume 15, Number 2, February 1992, ISSN  0741-5214 , pp. 417-423, PMID 1735903 .
• RR Linton: John Homans' impact on diseases of the veins of the lower extremity, with special reference to deep thrombophlebitis and the post-thrombotic syndrome with ulceration. In: Surgery . Volume 81, Number 1, January 1977, ISSN  0039-6060 , pp. 1-11, PMID 16977742 .
• WF Barker: To the memory of John Homans, MD 1877-1954. In: Major problems in clinical surgery. Volume 4, 1966, ISSN  0025-1062 , pp. V-vii, PMID 4949981 .
• Daniel C. Elkin: John Homan's Lecture. In: New England Journal of Medicine. 245, 1951, pp. 997-1000, doi: 10.1056 / NEJM195112272452601

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Wolfgang Hach, Viola Hach-Wunderle: The surgery of the insufficient perforating veins in the course of time. Vein Center Frankfurt am Main, accessed on June 11, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Wolfgang Hach: VenenChirurgie: Guide for vascular surgeons, angiologists, dermatologists and phlebologists. 2nd Edition. Schattauer Verlag , 2007, ISBN 978-3-7945-2570-6 , p. 305