August Bier
August Karl Gustav Bier (1861-1949) German Surgeon. Used Esmarch tourniquet forming the basis of his eponymous Bier block regional anaesthesia
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Thoracostomy Tube Insertion
In this episode of our emergency and critical care procedures series we take a look at how to insert a tube thoracostomy.
LITFL Update 047
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Monteggia fracture
Monteggia fracture. Fracture of the proximal or middle third of the ulna with associated radial head dislocation/instability. GB Monteggia 1812
Ben J. Wilson
Ben J. Wilson (1920–2015), American surgeon who coined 'necrotizing fasciitis' in 1951, Parkland Hospital leader, and pioneer in surgical infection care
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José Luis Bado
José Luis Bado (1903 – 1977) was a Uruguayan surgeon. Eponymously linked to the Bado classification of Monteggia fractures.
Riccardo Galeazzi
Riccardo Galeazzi (1866-1952) was a pioneering Italian orthopaedic surgeon. The eponymous Galeazzi fracture is named after him.
Giovanni Battista Monteggia
Giovanni Battista Montéggia (1762-1815) was an Italian surgeon. Eponym: Monteggia fracture (1812) ulna fracture, radial head dislocation
Karl Landsteiner
Karl Landsteiner (1868-1943) revolutionized medicine with the discovery of blood groups and the Rh factor, laying the foundation for modern transfusion and immunology.
Galeazzi fracture
Galeazzi fracture (1934). Fracture of the distal third of the radius with associated Distal radio-ulna joint (DRUJ) disruption.
William Bragg
Sir William Henry Bragg (1862–1942) was an English physicist, mathematician, and chemist. Bragg's Law, Bragg Spectrometer and Bragg-Paul Pulsator