Max Saegesser

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Max Saegesser (born February 16, 1902 in Langenthal ; † October 17, 1975 in Bern ) was a Swiss surgeon .

Max Saegesser obtained his Matura in Bern, studied medicine in Geneva and Zurich and received his doctorate in Basel in 1927. In 1935 he became a private lecturer in surgery in Bern . In 1937 Saegesser was the chief physician at the Frutigen District Hospital . In 1947 he became an associate professor in Bern. In 1971 he became a full professor and in 1973 he retired . In the meantime he held a visiting professorship in Tucson .

The Saegesser sign is named after Sagesser , a clinical sign of an injury to the spleen . Saegesser's textbook on special surgical therapy was published in eleven editions and has been translated into several languages.

Fonts (selection)

  • The panaritium . Berlin, Springer, 1938 doi : 10.1002 / bjs.18002710537
  • The goiter and its treatment. Stuttgart: Enke, 1938; Series of publications: Lectures from practical surgery , 22. 72 pages
  • Thyroid, iodine and goiter: clinical and experimental studies  : with 20 illustrations. Basel: Schwabe, 1939. Helvetica medica acta. Supplement. Number 4 (volume 6.2 1939) doi : 10.1002 / ardp.19402781232
  • Special surgical therapy. Huber, 1957. 11th, completely revised edition 1996. ISBN 978-3456827520
  • The ulcer stomach . Pathophysiological and Surgical Problems. Huber, 1966. 172 pages.
  • General surgery . 1967.
  • General surgery. A textbook for students and doctors. Göttingen, H. Huber, 1993. 411 pages. ISBN 978-3456001760

literature

  • Pfeiffer KM: Prof. Max Saegesser, MD . In: Ther Umsch . 32, No. 12, December 1975, p. 448. PMID 769238 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c register of the University of Zurich ; accessed on April 30, 2019.
  2. ↑ Ludwig Merlin: Panaritium subcutaneum gonorrhoicum. In: Dermatologische Zeitschrift 76, 1937, pp. 141-142. doi : 10.1159 / 000253568
  3. ^ M. Saegesser: The left phrenic pressure point as a diagnostic feature in spleen injuries. In: Zentralblatt für Chirurgie Leipzig, 1938, 65 (39), pp. 2179-2180.
personal data
SURNAME Saegesser, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss surgeon
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenthal
DATE OF DEATH 17th October 1975
Place of death Bern