Reinhold A. Frowein

Reinhold Alexander Frowein (born October 5, 1923 in Bochum ) is a German neurosurgeon .

Frowein studied in Düsseldorf, where he received his doctorate in medicine in 1949 (trauma and brain tumor). In 1963 he completed his habilitation in Cologne, where he became professor for neurosurgery in 1969.

Among other things, he dealt with brain death , coma , traumatic brain injury , aneurysms , angiomas and herniated discs . With his teacher Wilhelm Tönnis , he presented criteria for brain death for coma patients in 1963, which then prevailed ( cerebral death ).

In 1994 he received the Wilhelm Tönnis Medal .

Fonts

• Central respiratory disorders in traumatic brain injuries and brain tumors: Influences of the type and localization of the processes of intracranial pressure increase and brain surgery on the central control of breathing, Springer 1963 (preface Wilhelm Tönnis)
• Determination of death - time of death. In: Johann-Christoph Student (Ed.): Die, Tod und Mrauer - Handbook for accompanying persons. Herder, Freiburg 2006. 2nd edition, p. 227
• Editor with R. Firsching: Cerebral contusions, lacerations and hematomas, Springer 1991
• with Hermann Dietz , Kea Franz: Neurosurgery in Germany 1945 to 1970, in: Neurosurgery in Germany: Past and Present, Ed. on behalf of the German Society for Neurosurgery, Blackwell 2001
• with H. Dietz, DE Rosenow, HE Vitzthum: Neurosurgery in Germany 1932 to 1945, in: Neurosurgery in Germany: Past and Present, published on behalf of the German Society for Neurosurgery, Blackwell 2001

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Birth and career dates Kürschner, Scholars Calendar 2009
2. ^ Frowein, Tönnis, How long is resuscitation possible after severe brain injuries?, Monthly for Accident Research, Insurance, Supply and Traffic Medicine, Volume 66, 1963, pp. 169–190