George Perkins
George Perkins (1892-1979) was an English orthopaedic surgeon known for Perkins line, Perkins traction, functional fracture treatment and British orthopaedic leadership.
Category Medical Specialty
Hilgenreiner line
Hilgenreiner line is the horizontal pelvic reference line used in paediatric hip radiographs. Review its use in DDH, history, Perkin line relationship and eponymythology.
Heinrich Hilgenreiner
Heinrich Hilgenreiner (1870–1953) was a German-Bohemian surgeon who pioneered early diagnosis and treatment of developmental hip dysplasia and described Hilgenreiner line.
W. Wayne Babcock
William Wayne Babcock Jr (1872-1963), American surgeon linked to spinal anaesthesia, Babcock forceps, vein stripping, cranioplasty and surgical innovation.
Rolando fracture
Rolando fracture is a comminuted intra-articular fracture of the base of the first metacarpal. History, mechanism, imaging, management and eponym.
Silvio Rolando
Silvio Rolando da Carasco (1873-1949) Italian surgeon and urologist, describer of the Rolando fracture, with his Genoa career, key contributions and historical context.
CT Case 105
A 69 year old male presents with two days of atraumatic progressively worsening neck and scalp pain. Interpret the CT c-spine
Louis Gilula
Louis Arnold Gilula (1942-2014) was an American musculoskeletal radiologist known for Gilula carpal arcs, wrist imaging, vertebroplasty and interventional radiology.
Alpha-Gal Syndrome
Alpha-gal syndrome explained: tick bites, delayed red meat allergy, cetuximab anaphylaxis, and the clues that linked them.
History of fluorescein
Fluorescein: history, chemistry and modern eye uses—corneal staining, Seidel leak test, Jones drainage test and retinal angiography.
Lorenz Böhler
Lorenz Böhler (1885-1973) Austrian trauma surgeon, founder of organised accident care, Böhler angle, and controversial Nazi-era figure.
Albert Henry Freiberg
Albert Henry Freiberg (1868-1940), American orthopaedic surgeon who described Freiberg infraction and helped advance orthopaedics and disability rehabilitation.