Procedure |
Name |
Field |
Description |
External link or reference
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Anderson-Hynes pyeloplasty |
James Christie Anderson, Wilfred Hynes |
Urology |
Dismembered type of pyeloplasty used to treat stricture of the uretero-pelvic junction
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Bankart repair |
Arthur Bankart |
Orthopaedic surgery |
Procedure to treat recurrent shoulder dislocation by suturing the joint capsule to the glenoid labrum
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Bankart's operation at Who Named It?
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Belsey fundoplication |
Ronald Herbert Robert Belsey |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Fundoplication with 240° wrap |
"Belsey mark iv fundoplication". Medcyclopaedia. GE.
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Bentall's procedure
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Hugh Bentall
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Cardiothoracic surgery
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Composite graft replacement of the aortic valve, aortic root and ascending aorta, with re-implantation of thecoronary arteries into the graft
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Bier's block
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August Bier
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Anesthesiology
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Intravenous regional anesthesia. Usually used for short upper limb surgeries.
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Billroth's operation I |
Theodor Billroth |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Resection of the pyloric antrum and end-to-end anastomosis of the gastric remnant to the duodenum
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Billroth's operation I at Who Named It?
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Billroth's operation II |
Theodor Billroth |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Resection of the pyloric antrum and side-to-side anastomosis of the gasstric remnant to the jejunum
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Billroth's operation II at Who Named It?
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Blalock–Hanlon shunt |
Alfred Blalock, C. Rollins Hanlon |
Paediatric surgery |
Palliative atrial septostomy to treat infants with complete transposition of the great arteries
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Blalock-Hanlon operation at Who Named It?
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Blalock–Taussig shunt |
Alfred Blalock, Helen B. Taussig
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Paediatric surgery |
Palliative surgical procedure to treat infants with cyanotic heart defects
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Blalock-Taussig operation at Who Named It?
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Burrow's triangle excision
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Karl August von Burrow
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Reconstructive surgery
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Triangles of skin adjacent to a sliding flap are excised to facilitate movement of the flap
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Collis gastroplasty |
John Leigh Collis, British cardiothoracic surgeon |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Procedure for lengthening oesophagus
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COLLIS JL (September 1957). "An operation for hiatus hernia with short oesophagus". Thorax. 12 (3): 181–8. doi:10.1136/thx.12.3.181. PMC 1019207. PMID 13467876.
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Dor fundoplication |
Dor |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Partial fundoplication with 180° anterior wrap |
Dor fundoplication at Medilexicon.com
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Finney pyloroplasty |
Finney 1902 |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
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Foley operation |
Frederic Foley |
Urology |
Pyeloplasty performed to treat stricture of the uretero-pelvic junction
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Foley's plastic at Who Named It?
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Fontan procedure |
François Fontan |
Pediatric surgery |
Palliative procedure used to treat complex congenital heart defects in children |
Fontan's operation at Who Named It?
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Gavriliu's operation |
Dan Gavriliu |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Procedure to replace or bypass the esophagus with part of the stomach
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Gavriliu's operation at Who Named It?
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Gillies lift
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Harold Gillies
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Maxillofacial Surgery
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Procedure to lift depressed fractured zygoma via temporal approach
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Gundersen flap |
Trygve Gundersen |
Ophthalmology |
Procedure to replace a damaged section of cornea with part of the conjunctiva
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Hadfield's procedure |
Geoffrey John Hadfield |
Oncologic Surgery,
Breast surgery
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Surgical removal (excision) of all lactiferous ducts of the breast for managing duct ectasia.
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Halsted's operation (hernia) |
William Stewart Halsted |
General surgery |
Repair of inguinal hernia
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Halsted's operation I at Who Named It?
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Halsted's operation (mastectomy) |
William Stewart Halsted |
Breast surgery |
Radical mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer
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Halsted's operation II at Who Named It?
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Hartmann's operation |
Henri Albert Hartmann |
Colorectal surgery |
Resection of the rectosigmoid colon with closure of the rectal stump and formation of a colostomy
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Hartmann's operation at Who Named It?
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Heineke–Mikulicz pyloroplasty |
Hermann Heineke, Jan Mikulicz-Radecki
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Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
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Heller myotomy |
Ernest Heller |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Procedure in which the lower oesophageal sphincter is cut to allow passage of food into the stomach in patients with achalasia
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Heller E (1913). "Extramucose Cardiaplastik beim chronischen Cardiospasmus mit Dilatation des Oesophagus". Mitteil Grenzgeb Med Chir. 27: 141.
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Homans operation |
John Homans |
Vascular surgery |
Ligation of the femoral vein to prevent pulmonary embolism in patients with deep venous thrombosis
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Homans' operation at Who Named It?
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Ivor Lewis oesophagoastrectomy
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Ivor Lewis (1895–1982) |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Trans-thoracic removal of the oesophagus and part of the stomach to treat cancer of the oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal junction
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T.J. Crofts (October 2000). "Ivor-Lewis oesophagectomy for middle and lower third oesophageal lesions - how we do it". J.R.Coll.Surg.Edinb. 45 (5): 296–303. PMID 11077777. Archived from the original on 2010-04-12. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
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Jaboulay's pyloroplasty |
Mathieu Jaboulay |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Pyloroplasty by forming a side-to-side gastroduodenal anastomosis
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Jaboulay's pyloroplasty at Who Named It?
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Jaboulay–Winkelmann operation |
Mathieu Jaboulay, Karl Winkelmann (1863 – 1925) |
Urology |
Excision of tunica vaginalis to treat hydrocele testis
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Jabouley–Winkelmann operation at Who Named It?
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Kasai procedure |
Morio Kasai |
Paediatric surgery |
A gastrointestinal tract surgery to treat infants with biliary atresia
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Kausch–Whipple procedure |
Walther Kausch, Allen Whipple
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Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Radical pancreaticoduodenectomy used to treat cancer of the head of the pancreas
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Kausch–Whipple operation at Who Named It?
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Keller's excision arthroplasty
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William L. Keller
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Orthopaedic surgery
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Proximal third of proximal phalanx is excised in Hallux valgus
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Killian's operation |
Gustav Killian |
Otolaryngology |
Operation to treat frontal sinusitis
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Killian's operation at Who Named It?
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Ladd's procedure
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William Ladd
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Upper gastrointestinal surgery
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Done for small intestinal malrotation.
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Lisfranc's amputation |
Jacques Lisfranc de St. Martin |
Orthopaedic surgery |
Partial foot amputation through the tarsometatarsal joint
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Lisfranc's amputation at Who Named It?
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Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids |
Peter H. Lord |
Colorectal surgery |
Digital anal dilatation under general anaesthetic to treat haemorrhoids or anal fissure
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Lord's procedure for haemorrhoids at Who Named It?
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Lord's procedure for hydrocele |
Peter H. Lord |
Urology |
Incision and eversion of the tunica vaginalis to treat hydrocele testis
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Lord's procedure at Who Named It?
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Mayo Repair
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General Surgery
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Repair of Umblical hernia
Double breasted (Vast over Trouser)
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Miles operation |
William Ernest Miles |
Colorectal surgery |
Abdominoperineal resection of the rectum to treat rectal cancer
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Miles'operation at Who Named It?
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Mohs surgery |
Frederic E. Mohs |
Dermatology surgery |
Microscopically controlled surgery to treat common skin cancers, most often basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma
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MOHS Surgery at Who Named It?
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Nissen fundoplication |
Rudolph Nissen |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery, laparoscopic surgery
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Gastric fundus is wrapped fully around the lower oesophagus to treat gastroesophageal reflux disease
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Nissen's fundoplication at Who Named It?
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Paul's operation |
Frank Thomas Paul (1851–1941) |
Colorectal surgery |
Extra-abdominal resection of colon
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Phemister graft
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Dallas B. Phemister
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Bone graft
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Method of bone graft which uses bone tissue harvested from the patient to treat slow-healing, or delayed union bone fractures.
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Polya gastrectomy |
Eugen Pólya |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Partial gastrectomy with posterior gastrojejunostomy, a modification of the Billroth II operation |
Polya's operation at Who Named It?
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Ramstedt's pyloromyotomy
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Wilhelm Ramstedt
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Upper gastrointestinal surgery
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Splits hypertrophic muscle and leaves mucosa intact in Infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
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Roux-en-Y anastomosis |
César Roux |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
End-to-side anastomosis between cut end of small bowel and distal small bowel |
Roux' operation at Who Named It?
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Sistrunk procedure
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Walter Sistrunk
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Otorhinolaryngology
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Surgical management option for thyroglossal cyst. Complete excision of thyroglossal tract with removal of hyoid and suprahyoid tract.
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Smith's operation |
Henry Smith |
Ophthalmology |
Removal of intact immature cataract from within the lens (i.e. intracapsular cataract removal) |
Smith's operation at Who Named It?
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Syme's amputation |
James Syme |
Orthopaedic surgery |
Amputation of the foot at the ankle with removal of the malleoli
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Syme's amputation at Who Named It?
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Tommy John surgery |
Tommy John |
Orthopaedic surgery |
Ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction |
Named after the Major League Baseball pitcher who was the first professional athlete to undergo the procedure, in 1974. |
Toupet fundoplication |
Andre Toupet |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Fundoplication with 270° posterior wrap |
Laparoscopy Hospital article
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Trendelenburg's operation |
Friedrich Trendelenburg |
Cardiothoracic surgery |
Pulmonary embolectomy for the treatment of pulmonary embolism
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Trendelenburg's operation at Who Named It?
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Wertheim's operation
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Ernst Wertheim |
Gynaecology |
Radical abdominal hysterectomy used to treat cervical cancer
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Wertheim's operation at Who Named It?
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Whipple's procedure |
Allen Whipple |
Upper gastrointestinal surgery |
Radical pancreaticoduodenectomy used to treat cancer of the head of the pancreas
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Kausch–Whipple operation at Who Named It?
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