Vincenz Czerny
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Vincenz Czerny (1842-1916) was a Czech/Bohemian surgeon.
Czerny developed operational techniques in cancer surgery and the treatment of malignant lesions deemed inoperable
Biography
- Born 19 November 1842 in Trautenau, Böhmen, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Died 3 October 1916 in Heidelberg, Germany
Medical Eponyms
- Czerny operation (aka Cholecystopexy)
- Czerny pillar suture used in the operative treatment of congenital inguinal hernia in children
Key Medical Attributions
- 1879 – performed the first vaginal total hysterectomy
- 1880 – introduced pyelolithotomy as a treatment for nephrolithiasis
- 1881 – introduced the operation of enucleation of subperitoneal uterine fibroids by the vaginal route
Controversies
Major Publications
- Czerny V. Eine locale Malacie des Unterschenkels.Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift 1873; 23(39): 895-899 [osteitis deformans]
- Czerny V. Ueber die Ausrottung des Gebärmutterkrebses. Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift, 1879; 29: 1171-1174. [Vaginal total hysterectomy]
- Czerny V. Ueber die Enukleation subperitonealer Fibrome der Gebärmutter durch das Scheidengewölbe; vaginale Myoniotonie. Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift, 1881; 31: 501-505, 525-529.
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