John Durkan
Dr John A. Durkan specialist in orthopedic and sports medicine. Eponymously affiliated with Durkan's test in carpal tunnel syndrome
Category Eponym
Robert Kienböck
Robert Kienböck (1871-1953) was an Austrian radiologist and pioneer in radiotherapy. Eponymously associated with Kienböck's disease - avascular necrosis of the lunate bone
Terry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas (1911–1990) was an English comedian and character actor. The Terry-Thomas sign was proposed in 1977 by surgeon Victor H Frankel
Auguste Broca
Auguste Broca (1859 – 1924) was a French surgeon. Bankart lesion and shoulder operation
Arthur Sidney Blundell Bankart
Arthur Sidney Blundell Bankart (1879- 1951) British Orthopaedic surgeon. Bankart Lesion - antero-inferior detachment of the glenoid labrum
Jan Waldenström
Jan Gösta Waldenström (1906 – 1996) was a Swedish physician. First to describe Waldenström macroglobulinemia (1944)
Henri Hartmann
Henri Albert Hartmann (1860-1952) was a French surgeon.True General surgeon. Hartmann procedure, Hartmann pouch.
David Marsh Bosworth
David Marsh Bosworth (1897–1979) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Associated with the Bosworth fracture and streptomycin for bone and joint tuberculosis
Henry Milch
Henry Milch (1895 - 1964) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymous with the Milch method of shoulder reduction
Paul Ferdinand Segond
Paul Ferdinand Segond (1851-1912) French Orthopaedic Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with Segond fracture (described 1879)
Joseph Schatzker
Joseph Schatzker (1934 - ) Canadian Orthopaedic Surgeon. Eponym: Schatzker classification for tibial plateau fractures (1979)
Robert Bruce Salter
Robert Bruce Salter (1924-2010) was a Canadian surgeon. Eponymously associated with the Salter-Harris Classification along with W. Robert Harris (1963)