Gissane angle
Gissane Angle [aka *critical angle; critical angle of Gissane], like the Böhler angle, can be used to help determine the presence of a calcaneus fracture on a radiograph.
Category Orthopaedics
Böhler angle
Böhler angle. The angle between line from highest point of anterior process to highest point of posterior facet plus line tangential to superior edge of tuberosity; measured on lateral foot x-ray. Normally 20-40°. If < 20° represents a calcaneal fracture
William Gissane
William Gissane (1898 - 1981) was an Australian born, British surgeon. Birmingham Accident Hospital first director; critical angle of Gissane
Pierre-Joseph Desault
Pierre-Joseph Desault (1738 - 1795) was a French surgeon and anatomist.
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