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Steichen, NY March, 2006" Ex-Libris EAM [000082] Ravitch, Mark, MD; Steichen, Felicien, MD; Welter, Roger, MD. "Current Practice of Surgical Stapling"; ISBN: 0812113284 USA: Lea & Febiger, 1991. Considered the standard book for surgical stapling, this book gives the perspective and history of the...
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History of Surgical Stapling (3)
an incredible array of instruments including single line, linear cutter, and circular staplers which had applications such as gastrointestinal stapling, bone staplers, skin staplers, cornea and vascular staplers. etc. One of the problems of these instruments was that since they were hand-made, the...
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An incredible find in surgical stapling history
(surgical staplers) industry. I have worked as a consultant and a trainer for the stapler industry both with Ethicon Endosurgery (today Ethicon, stapling division) and the United States Surgical Corporation (today Medtronic, stapling division) and developed a special interest in the medical...
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History of Surgical Stapling (1)
who have contributed to the growth of medical knowledge in the areas of anatomy, medicine, surgery, and medical research. Pioneers of Surgical Stapling If you look at a desktop stapler, you will see that it is formed by very simple components: a staple, a pushing element, and an anvil that helps...
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History of Surgical Stapling (2)
who have contributed to the growth of medical knowledge in the areas of anatomy, medicine, surgery, and medical research. Pioneers of Surgical Stapling Before the invention of the first surgical staplers some inroads where towards the development of automated suture devices and clamps that allowed...
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History of Surgical Stapling Video
knowledge in the areas of anatomy, medicine, surgery, and medical research. The development of the series of articles on The history of surgical stapling [1] ; [2]; [3] was started because of personal communications with the family of the late Drs. Mark and Michael Ravitch. This lead me to...
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Leon Hirsch and the founding of the United States Surgical Corporation
After his 1958 trip to the USSR with two other surgeons, Dr. Mark Ravitch tried to have his colleagues take interest in the surgical stapling technology. Dr. Ravitch and Dr. Felicien Steichen stated in one of their books “Interestingly enough, a number of American manufacturers, knowing of our...
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History of Surgical Stapling (2014)
use. Although made in 2014, the information is still valid and when possible, I intend to update this with the latest technology in surgical stapling for minimally invasive and robotic surgery. Efrain A. Miranda, PhD CEO Clinical Anatomy Associates, Inc. Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of...
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immigrants, allowing to be fluent in Russian, which opened the doors to one of his many contributions to medicine and surgery: modern surgical stapling. In 1934, Dr. Ravitch obtained his MD from Johns Hopkins, continuing in the same institution as a surgical intern, and later as a pediatrics...
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and attention to the avoidance of leakage through the staple line. All of this makes Dr. Hültl an integral part of the history of surgical stapling. Sources: 1. "Húmer Hültl: The Father of the Surgical Stapler" Robicsek, F.& Konstantinov, I. J Med Biogr February 2001 9: 16-19 2. “Current Practice...
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that happened later in the USSR in the early 1900's. Dr. Petz and his "Von Petz" stapler are an integral part of the history of surgical stapling. Although his Hungarian name was Aladar Petz, his name is better known by the German version Aladár Von Petz. Because of his long tenure as Chief of...
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anastomotic leakage control and the possibility of and end-to-end anastomosis. This makes Dr. Murphy's concept part of the history of surgical stapling. For an image of the Murphy anastomotic device click here, the link is courtesy of the Museum of Health Care at Kingston, Canada. Murphy’s first...
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Click for a larger image Franz Kaspar Hesselbach (1759 – 1816). German physician, surgeon, and anatomist. Hesselbach was born in Bavaria in 1759. At the age of 19 he became an apprentice to Karl Von Siebold (1736 - 1807), a German surgeon, obstetrician and anatomist. He worked with him as an...
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This article is part of the series "A Moment in History" where we honor those who have contributed to the growth of medical knowledge in the areas of anatomy, medicine, surgery, and medical research. Henry Gray F.R.S Henry Gray F.R.S. (1827 – 1861). English anatomist, Henry Gray was born in 1827....
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This article is part of the series "A Moment in History" where we honor those who have contributed to the growth of medical knowledge in the areas of anatomy, medicine, surgery, and medical research. Click for the title page Johannes Veslingius Mindanus (1598 – 1649). German surgeon, anatomist,...
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Don Antonio de Gimbernat y Arbós
This article is part of the series "A Moment in History" where we honor those who have contributed to the growth of medical knowledge in the areas of anatomy, medicine, surgery, and medical research. Don Antonio de Gimbernat i Arbos UPDATED: Don Antonio de Gimbernat y Arbós (1734-1816). Spanish...
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This article is part of the series "A Moment in History" where we honor those who have contributed to the growth of medical knowledge in the areas of anatomy, medicine, surgery, and medical research. J. Marion Sims J. Marion Sims (1813 – 1883). American surgeon and gynecologist. James Marion Sims...
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This article is part of the series "A Moment in History" where we honor those who have contributed to the growth of medical knowledge in the areas of anatomy, medicine, surgery, and medical research. Juan Vucetich (1858–1925) Personal note: When working on the root term [-dactyl-] I came upon the...
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Book: Myology before Vesalius – Giovanni Batista Canani –
Book cover [UPDATED 11/30/2023] This is a book published recently by my good friends Francis Van Glabbeek, Maurits Biesbrouck, and Jacqueline Vons. This group is dedicated to the works of Andreas Vesalius and his influence on Medicine, Surgery and the Arts. As part of the analysis of Vesalius’...
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2023 Vesalius Triennial AEIMS, Antwerp – Belgium
Dr. Miranda speaking at the 2023 Vesalius Triennial I had the honor of being invited by the University of Antwerp in Belgium to speak at the 2023 Vesalius Triennial Meeting in the city of Antwerp. This scientific meeting was presented in conjunction with the 29th Congress of the Association...