Peter Jannetta

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Peter Joseph Jannetta (born April 5, 1932 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , † April 11, 2016 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania) was an American neurosurgeon . He was a pioneer in microsurgical operations on the cranial nerves . The microvascular decompression , also known as the Jannetta operation , is used for various neurovascular compression syndromes, in particular trigeminal neuralgia .

Life

Jannetta earned a bachelor's degree in zoology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1953 . He then studied there until 1957 medicine . This was followed by advanced training courses in general surgery in Philadelphia and in neurosurgery at the University of California, Los Angeles . He was Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at Louisiana State University Medical Center in New Orleans . From 1971 to 1997 he held the chair of neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh . He was also Secretary of Health of Pennsylvania from 1995 to 1996. After finishing his university career, he worked at the Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.

While preparing cranial nerve preparations for a course, Jannetta noticed that small blood vessels can compress cranial nerves locally, which can lead to disturbances in the spread of excitation in the nerve. In 1966, Jannetta performed the first microvascular decompression of the facial nerve in a patient suffering from hemifacial spasm . In the same year, the procedure was successfully used together with Robert W. Rand in a patient with trigeminal neuralgia , with which this extremely painful disease could be treated causally in many patients. The necessary procedures for the surgical microscope was in the 1950s by Theodore Short been introduced and Robert Rand in neurosurgery.

In 1983 he was awarded the Olivechrona Prize, in 2000 he received the Fedor Krause Medal of the German Society for Neurosurgery and in 2006 the Zülch Prize of the Max Planck Society.

Jannetta was married to Ann Bowman in her first marriage and Diana Rose in her second marriage. The first marriage had six children. Jannetta died as a result of a fall.

Publications (selection)

  • PJ Jannetta: Arterial compression of the trigeminal nerve at the pons in patients with trigeminal neuralgia. In: J. Neurosurg. 26, 1967, S. Suppl: 159-Suppl: 162, PMID 6018932 .
  • Jannetta PJ, Hackett E., Ruby JR: Electromyographic and electron microscopic correlates in hemifacial spasm treated by microsurgical relief of neurovascular compression. In: Surg Forum. 21, 1970, pp. 449-451, PMID 5514794 .
  • PJ Jannetta: Neurovascular compression in cranial nerve and systemic disease. In: Ann. Surg .. 192, 1980, pp. 518-525, PMID 6968543 PMC 1346998 (free full text).
  • PJ Jannetta: Microsurgical management of trigeminal neuralgia. In: Arch. Neurol .. 42, 1985, pp. 800-800, PMID 4026617 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Margalit Fox: Dr. Peter J. Jannetta, a Pioneer in Neurosurgery, Dies at 84 . In: The New York Times , April 14, 2016.
  2. ↑ Karolinska Institute: The Herbert Olivecrona Award , accessed on April 15, 2016.
  3. ^ German Society for Neurosurgery: Honorary Members , accessed on March 13, 2019.
  4. ^ Max Planck Society: Zülch Prize , accessed on April 15, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Jannetta, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jannetta, Peter Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American neurosurgeon
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 2016
Place of death Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania