Gwilym B. Lewis

Gwilym Bowen “Bill” Lewis (1914-2009) was an American Orthopedic Surgeon. Along with Arthur Holstein he is eponymously affiliated with the Holstein–Lewis fracture, they first described in 1963

Biography

• Born on June, 2 1914 Redlands, California
• Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago
• 1941 – US Navy with the USS Savo Island as the ship’s flight surgeon
• Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley
• Died on September 17, 2009

Medical Eponyms

Medical Eponyms

Holstein–Lewis fracture (1963)

Simple spiral fracture of the humerus involving the distal 1/3 of the shaft with the distal bone fragment displaced and the proximal end deviated toward the radial side. Often associated with radial nerve paralysis.

Major Publications

• Holstein A, Lewis GB. Laminectomy and fusion for disc lesions. Calif Med. 1957 Feb;86(2):91-2.
• Holstein A, Lewis GB. Comminuted fractures of the acetabulum: central dislocation of the femoral head. J Int Coll Surg. 1959 Jul;32(1):65-70.
• Lewis GB, Holstein A. End results in patellectomy. Bull Hosp Joint Dis. 1960 Apr;21:71-4.
• Holstein A, Lewis GB. Fractures of the humerus with radial-nerve paralysis. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 1963; 45: 1382-8 [Holstein–Lewis fracture]
• Holstein A, Lewis GB. Extruded lumbar intervertebral discs in pseudospondylolisthesis. Bull Hosp Joint Dis. 1969 Apr;30(1):28-38.

References

Biography

• Obituary: Gwilym B. Lewis MD. 2009

Eponymous terms

• Hunter TB, Peltier LF, Lund PJ. Radiologic history exhibit. Musculoskeletal eponyms: who are those guys? RadioGraphics 2000; 20: 819-36.

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