Pierre-Joseph Desault
Pierre-Joseph Desault (1738 - 1795) was a French surgeon and anatomist.
Category Orthopaedics
Georges C. Noulis
Georges C.Noulis (1849-1919). Greek surgeon credited as the first to describe testing the functional integrity of the ACL and knee ligaments (Lachman Test)
Lachman Test
Lachman test is a clinical test used to diagnose injury of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). Eponymised to John W Lachman, first described by GC Noulis
John W Lachman
John W Lachman (1919 – 2007) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymously associated with the Lachman test of knee ligament stability
Duverney fracture
Duverney fracture - isolated fracture of the iliac wing due to direct lateral compression fracture of the iliac wing. Joseph Guichard Duverney (1648-1730) in 1751
Otto Sprengel
Otto Gerhard Karl Sprengel (1852 - 1915) was a German surgeon. Remembered fro his description of Sprengel deformity (1891) and appendicitis work (1906)
Leopold Auenbrugger
Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg (1722 – 1809). Austrian Physician who described the use of chest percussion in the diagnosis of respiratory disease.
Odilon Lannelongue
Odilon-Marc Lannelongue (1840-1911) was a French surgeon who introduced a surgical technique for the treatment of craniosynostosis
Charles Sumner Neer II
Charles Sumner Neer II (1917-2011) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Eponymously affiliated with the Neer prosthesis and Neer classification of proximal humeral fractures Biography Medical Eponyms Major Publications References
Julius Wolff
Biography Born 1836 Markisch-Friedland, West Prussia Died 18 Feb 1902 Medical Eponyms Key Medical Attributions Controversies Major Publications References Pagel J. Wolff, Julius. Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. 1901: 1871 The late Professor Julius Wolff. The Lancet, 1902;…
Friedrich Busch
Biography Medical Eponyms Busch-Hoffa fracture [Hoffa fracture] (1869) Unicondylar coronal fracture of the lateral femoral condyle. Rare intra-articular distal femur injury. Axial compression to the knee with transmission of the ground reaction force through the tibial plateau to the femoral condyles. Controversies…
Austin Moore
Austin Talley Moore (1899–1963) was an American orthopedic surgeon. He was a pioneer in the use of the femoral-head prosthesis and Vitallium